Is Joey Didier’s Murder Worthy of Wiki? Updated X1

9 comments June 26th, 2008

The Joey Didier murder was big, big news in Rockford. Robert Lower abducted, raped and murdered Didier, a morning newspaper boy, in 1975. It was one of the region’s most heinous crimes.

But does the Didier murder warrant its own entry on Wikipedia, the interactive online encyclopedia? That question is the subject of much debate among Wikipedia contributors.

Joey Didier

Some say the Didier murder may have been a big deal in Rockford, but that it doesn’t meet Wikipedia’s “notability” standard and that the story therefore ought to be removed. Others say it was big news even beyond Rockford and that it therefore ought to stay.

The entry, called “Murder of Joseph Didier,” is here. The debate over whether to strike it is underway here.

Those seeking to erase Didier’s story from Wikipedia have already succeeded in removing a separate but related entry called simply “Joseph Didier.”

What do you think? Head on over there and weigh in.

UPDATE 1

I’ve been on the road, and away from the blog. It is now evident, as Bookworm pointed out in comments, that Didier’s murder is not worthy of Wiki — at least not as far as a moderator was concerned. The moderator today deleted the post.