Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 New York City cab stabbing


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:23, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

2010 New York City cab stabbing

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Does this really pass notability guidelines for inclusion?! I mean, in NYC, there are dozens of foreign cab drivers, and dozens of stabbings every day... ANowlin talk 06:56, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. Maybe include it somewhere in the Park51 controversy. This was a stabbing and although the media is in a swarm to speculate about it, I don't think it meets notability.--NortyNort (Holla) 07:38, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. It might be worth a line or two in the Park51 article but it's otherwise just a random violent crime by a drunk that only made headlines because of the media firestorm around that community center project. - Dravecky (talk) 07:47, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - per WP:NOTNEWS and WP:EVENT as the crime is unlikely to have any notable lasting effects. Claritas § 10:19, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete classic WP:NOTNEWS. Has already been speedied under other titles. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  13:30, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as Wikipedia is not the news. There is no evidence of lasting impact. Armbrust  Talk  Contribs  14:46, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Clearly failing notability and notnews guidelines.  Thorncrag    18:17, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
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 * There are plenty of cab stabbings every year around the world, let alone NYC; this one is no more notable than any of them. Clearly this fails NOTNEWS. Delete. Strange Passerby (talk) 01:20, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:NOTNEWS. -- L&#39;ecrivant (talk) 22:50, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per everyone above and WP:SNOW.4meter4 (talk) 20:45, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge into Park51. Yes, dozens of New York cabbies get stabbed every year, but how many get to meet the mayor afterwards, and raise comments from the governor of New York and the Anti-Defamation League? And raise over $30,000 in donations from the public? This is a significant story, which should be noted somewhere on Wikipedia; I don't mind if it's as a sub-section of the Park51 article, but that one is getting rather long. (It would be relevant, as this attack has been linked to that project in reliable sources:).Robofish (talk) 00:37, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Even with the sources and after events you mentioned, it's still not notable per WP:VICTIM.4meter4 (talk) 08:30, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, this story was also recently featured on The Colbert Report, which may not be a reliable source but is arguably an indicator of notability. Robofish (talk) 14:54, 5 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete Not news. Diego Grez (talk) 16:00, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
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