Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2007 Las Vegas Shooting

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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 was delete. Yamamoto Ichiro 会話 05:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 2007 Las Vegas Shooting

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I question the notability of this; it seems more appropriate for Wikinews. Pairadox (talk) 14:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete – It is a shame this is not notable. However, very little coverage in the area let alone outside of Vegas. Shoessss |  Chat  15:10, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Trasnwiki and rename "2007 Las Vegas bus stop shooting". I never heard of it, the naming of the article by city assumes it's a major Vegas event, and...that's it. Two One Six Five Five discuss my greatness 15:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Well, it did get press coverage locally. Don't know what that means for notability. Does it mean that we need an article on every shooting? What about the cars that run into bus stops and kill someone? Shootings are a way of life and that is not encyclopedic in my mind it needs more substance. Vegaswikian (talk) 07:53, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. --Funper (talk) 18:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Can you explain why? 131.94.182.49 (talk) 02:34, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Comment: Give it time, make a search on the googles, maybe it is important. --Funper (talk) 13:30, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
"Maybe"? No, whether something might be important is not the threshold. --Calton | Talk 12:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep, notable. Everyking (talk) 19:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete Wikipedia is not news 131.94.182.49 (talk) 02:34, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep coverage was apparently international. School shootings usually do get that sort of coverage, DGG (talk) 03:21, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Purely local news, therefore not actually notable or having actual international or long-term impact. --Calton | Talk 10:12, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Comment: I disagree with that. I created the article and live in England. Chandlerjoeyross (talk) 01:27, 28 January 2008 (UTC) unsigned comment added by Chandlerjoeyross (talk • contribs) 14:00, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't care if you're on Mars, it's still purely local news -- in its scale and impact -- notwithstanding your ability to use Google News. --Calton | Talk 12:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete - WP is not news, and not everything that happens or exists is notable. MSJapan (talk) 00:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment: An incident where someone shoots at children - in or near a school - is of enough importance. --Funper (talk) 01:53, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
      • And being important makes something notable? Vegaswikian (talk) 07:47, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Simply not notable. No one was killed! Does every news report of a shoting need to have an article? What makes a shooting notable or encyclopedic? A transwiki would also be acceptable. Vegaswikian (talk) 07:47, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete - this is why we have Wikinews. Recent events are rarely encyclopedic... and this one does not seem notable enough to be an exception. To be encyclopedic the event has to have a lasting impact... if such an impact developes, and the event is deemed notable in a few months time, then we can recreate an article to explain that impact and notability. Blueboar (talk) 17:29, 28 January 2008 (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.