Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Great Dinky Robbery

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was merge. Johnleemk | Talk 16:03, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Great Dinky Robbery

A University prank is not notable enough for Wikipedia. Only 10 (4 unique) Google results [1]. --TBC??? ??? ??? 01:38, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom, unencyclopedic. Royboycrashfan 01:40, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Postdlf 01:41, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as above.--Firsfron 01:49, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per above. --Khoikhoi 04:07, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • It's notable enough for a DYK nom though... I'd like to see more cites if possible before agreeing this is notable. Given how old this story is, Google may not be where to go for cites, printed material may be the place. Reserve judgement. ++Lar: t/c 04:19, 21 March 2006 (UTC) (
    update: Merge with Princeton Branch (and leave a redirect) sounds a great idea. That can be done now, no need to wait. ++Lar: t/c 12:53, 21 March 2006 (UTC))
    update 2 I tagged them and will try to make time to do the work maybe as early as tonite (eastern US time) ++Lar: t/c 13:35, 22 March 2006 (UTC))
    update 3 I am still concerned about the sources being verifiable but the article itself looks nice now... If it's merged in to Princeton Branch it may well dominate that article and people soon may want to split it out again. Smile. The editors actively working on this asked me not to do the merge just yet so I didn't. I still marginally think merge is the right answer, but I won't at all be too upset if the result is keep. Not delete entirely though... if whowever closes wants to delete entirely, userify it to my space instead, and I'll take care of the merge. ++Lar: t/c 19:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. It's in at least the same league as Great Rose Bowl Hoax or Saluting trap. It's certainly better known than Yale's "We Suck" Prank. Possibly the last American train robbery (and such a unique one, to boot!), though I can't verify that right now. --CComMack 05:05, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
    • Delete - it is not comparable, it didn't get TV coverage, and lots of photos, etc.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 05:41, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - It has a source, we've got storage space, that's good enough for me. -- stillnotelf has a talk page 05:59, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as per nom (also, who outside the states cares? sheeesh) dr.alf 06:46, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge with Princeton Branch. theres room for it there -- Astrokey44|talk 11:31, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, nn prank. A merger to any appopriate article would be good as well. --Terence Ong 14:33, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete or merge per above. StarTrek 16:51, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, the last "real" train robbery was in 1923, making this the last train hold-up in America, at least according to this source. That alone should make it notable. Also per Stillnotelf. Cantara 17:58, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
    • Merge with Princeton Branch would also be fine, though I still think this is great lore and would like to see it grow into a full article eventually. Cantara 18:13, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom, unencyclopedic. I will change my vote if several additional references are added to the article that show this event has had some wide impact, or was widely known, etc. The one source provided is not even exclusively about the purported hoax. Johntex\talk 20:06, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, much better more amusing and more notable university pranks have been performed. Oliver Keenan 20:47, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge with Princeton Branch. EASports 22:49, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete unencyclopedic prank, agree with Johntex Deizio 00:52, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge and Redirect per EASports. I've read about this prank. It's definitely notable, but probably doesn't merit its own article.jdb ❋ (talk) 03:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge with Princeton Branch, which could use some expansion. -Colin Kimbrell 13:24, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge per Colin Kimbrell. OhNoitsJamieTalk 22:56, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep; accept merge. —Spangineer[es] (háblame) 03:04, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Let's see if there are more sources...Joaquin Murietta 15:07, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep I think this should definitely be kept. It is a rather well-known thing around Princeton and it does have historical significance as the last time a train was similarly held up in the North-East, and perhaps even the US. I've edited the article quite a bit. The robbery took place in the spring of 1963, not the fall of '60 as originally cited. I also tracked down a list of names from an alum friend, that seems to jibe with an article in PAW that I added to the links list. Scharferimage 10:43, 24 March 2006.
  • Merge with Princeton Branch. --dcandeto 08:28, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


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