Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 Pentagon shooting (2nd nomination)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Michaelzeng7 (talk) 01:30, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

2010 Pentagon shooting
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Non-notable event, article seems to be a coatrack for the 'beliefs' section. TheLongTone (talk) 11:01, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
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 * Comment Might merge to Pentagon (WMATA station) where it took place. --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:52, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. The event is obviously notable. Why on earth does the nominator believe it isn't? That's the sort of thing that needs to be explained in a nomination, otherwise it isn't even worth consideration. Everyking (talk) 14:11, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * One psychologically disturbed man pulls a gun, wings a couple of cops and gets killed? Very small potatoes, wherever it happened.TheLongTone (talk) 14:19, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I base my reasoning on whether people treated the event as notable in their reactions to it. It means nothing to belittle the event itself. Even a paper cut could be notable if people were to treat it as such. Everyking (talk) 14:43, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It was newsworthy at the time, but there's nothing recent. The event is covered in The Pentagon.TheLongTone (talk) 15:00, 9 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep This has plenty notability and passes WP:GNG  Jay Jay What did I do? 23:00, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. A very focused, narrow interest article, full of detail, it is exactly what Wikipedia is best at.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:18, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep the nomination is so weak as to not require an explicit counter-argument 70.55.10.87 (talk) 04:18, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * In what way weak? A minor crime, with the weak claim to notabiliy being that it happened near the Pentagon. And if the stuff about the perp is focussed, my name is Fresnel. Some claim to lasting notability has to be established.TheLongTone (talk) 05:38, 11 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep Seems pretty evident that the event was notable, especially with all the sources provided, and the location of the incident does play a factor. Automatic Strikeout  ( T  •  C ) 17:19, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - notability is clearly apparent in article. GiantSnowman 17:17, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Where is it established? This event has a two-line entry in the article on the Pentagon, which is what it merits.TheLongTone (talk) 18:15, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
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