Talk:Phillips family disappearances

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I have added several WikiProject banners that may be interested in this article, beyond WikiProject New Zealand and Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime. Although the reasons for including this article might seem tenuous or borderline in-scope for some of them, so I thought I had better explain myself.

WikiProject Biography - This article is primarily about a person named Thomas Phillips and his actions concerning his children. One could easily use his name in the title of this article and not change a word of the article. However, this individual is primarily notable only for one event, so guidelines around not writing a biography of a living person notable for only one event should apply. Similarly, living subjects charged with a criminal act do not meet the criteria for a separate biography, even though the ongoing event itself is notable.
WikiProject Law - I believe this article involves aspects of New Zealand family law, making it in-scope for that WikiProject.
WikiProject Parenting - This article involves parenting behaviour, which make it in-scope for that WikiProject.

Reading the above, one might also conclude I hold the opinion that this article is about a single event. While I see this as an ongoing pattern of behaviour by a parent, there are two disappearances and so it is not a single event. Nevertheless, it makes sense to have a single article because that ongoing pattern of behaviour closely links the two events together and stops this article simply becoming a news story. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 21:31, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]