Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tacoma High School Shooting

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The result was redirect to Henry Foss High School. John254 18:37, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tacoma High School Shooting

Tacoma High School Shooting (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

I personally think this is notable, but some people are trying to prod it quickly because a school masscre with "only one fatality is not notable." I'm posting this AfD for a proper debate. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 21:03, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

• Comment: There is not too much info right now, but a press conference is scheduled for 3pm Pacific time today (about 15 minutes from the time of this post). It might be a good idea to hold off until the police make an official statement about what happened and release more details. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 22:45, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
• Agree with comment. It's too early to delete this because we don't know what happened yet. I added a link to a CNN report to bolster the article's credibility. At the very least, wait a week and see what happens. YechielMan 22:47, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Yes it's sad someone was killed, but that doesn't make this a notable event. TJ Spyke 23:33, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Where there is no notability criteria, I rely on whether there are reliable sources (per WP:V) and there is plenty in the Seattle/Tacoma local media. Coverage trumps carnage. There's also already talk of political consequences from the crime.[1] hateless 23:49, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • News coverage might make it notable for Wikinews, not necessarily for Wikipedia. This is a localised event of very little national or international importance, a "blip on the radar". As such, Delete as non-notable. Zunaid©^{Review me!} 10:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

If this is kept, it should be renamed to Foss High School shooting, or something similar. The event did not take place at Tacoma High School. I don't even know if there is a Tacoma High School. User:Zoe|(talk) 00:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

For the record, there is no "Tacoma High School" in Tacoma. I agree that it should be merged into the main Foss HS entry. Fjbfour 00:03, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, limited event, a murder at a school. Classic types of "school shootings" are the student revenge scenario and the adult stranger scenario, often involving hostage situations and police sieges/gunbattles. None of that happened here.--Dhartung | Talk 06:29, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge with Henry Foss High School, which already has most of this information. Travisl 17:36, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge with Henry Foss High School. School shootings are deplorable but not inherently notable. Dragomiloff 01:08, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per Yechiel - we should definitely wait before deleting. GabrielF 01:16, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge was: Keep & rename Objectively notable both as a disaster and as an example of a school massacre. Upon further review, this seems to be an individual shooting. Merge to Henry Foss High School. Failing that, rename to Tacoma high school shooting per the naming convention. --Ssbohio 02:42, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge with the high school Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 06:03, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.