Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SuccessTech Academy shooting

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The result was keep (nomination withdrawn). Non-admin closure. Pablo Talk | Contributions 22:14, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SuccessTech Academy shooting

Re-opening this AfD. Please see below the colored box. Corvus cornix 22:56, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

SuccessTech Academy shooting (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Probable hoax, in any case, nothing on the radio. Recreated material. OSborn^arf_{contributionatoration} 18:25, 10 October 2007 (UTC) Withdrawn nom OSborn^arf_{contributionatoration} 18:54, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. It's real, sadly. DMacks 18:27, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Crud. How do I widthdraw a nom? :( OSborn^arf_{contributionatoration} 18:30, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

I think you just did by writing that. Not sure if nominators can close their own, given second-thoughts and no objections from others. DMacks 18:50, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

• Comment. Isn't the school's page sufficient? --Kevin Walter 18:54, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
  • The school's page didn't exist prior to the shooting; it may not have been notable. And the shooting is probably going to be much more notable than the school itself, if the school itself is at all notable; most school shootings are. Not that I necessarily agree with it, but even minor school shootings have Wikipedia articles. Titanium Dragon 19:01, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - this is a developing story. It may grow more substantive as we learn the details. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wallstreethotrod (talk • contribs) 19:09, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep (for initial AfD) - Per for all previously noted reasons. - Ageekgal 19:14, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep and Close - The event is real and developing.OSborn is also withdrawing his nomination--Lenticel ^(talk) 20:07, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete [[[WP:NOT#NEWS|Wikipedia is not a news service]] Will ^(talk) 21:20, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Comment. Nomination was withdrawn. Why still voting? - Ageekgal 21:22, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind. I see it's reflagged, hence voting resumes. Someone's being BOLD -- good! Because if no one else feels compelled to edit the page, it is indeed non-notable as its own article. - Ageekgal 21:24, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but I'm not following your reasoning in here. It's not worthy of an article if it doesn't get the attention of more editors in the future? --Kizor 22:11, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

• Speedy Keep (second AfD). This is the first school shooting in the U.S. the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre, nearly six months' to the day. - Ageekgal 21:31, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep for reasons previously noted, I believe this spans beyond standard news material. Burntsauce 21:33, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy keep, or merge with SuccessTech Academy at the very least. --Ixfd64 21:42, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. With the nomination withdrawn and nigh-unanimous support for keep, can we close the AfD as a speedy? --Kizor 22:11, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Re-opening this AfD. This should be deleted, since Wikipedia is not a newspaper. Corvus cornix 22:55, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia may not be a newspaper, but the event was notable.

-- Mik 22:57, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Whoops, forgot to add a Keep.-- Mik 20:27, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

*Comment Maybe i'm wrong, but this half closed/half open AFD seems to be the wrong way to go in my personal opinion. I'd think either DRV or AFD #2 would be a cleaner option.--Cube lurker 04:43, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

• My bad looks like AFD 2 had already started without me noticing.--Cube lurker 05:38, 11 October 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.