Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2014 Winnipeg poppy box thefts


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The result was   delete. Mojo Hand (talk) 05:26, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

2014 Winnipeg poppy box thefts

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With the greatest of respect to the Canadian veterans and others shocked by these crimes, I believe that this article does not meet the notability standards for high profile criminal events. A theft of $5,000 would not normally warrant an article if the perpetrators were not notable. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 23:46, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Local news that didn't get far beyond Winnipeg or the "in other news" rolls. Criminal tried, convicted and jailed, nothing more to say.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 01:37, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:CRIME by a wide margin. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:22, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: This is news, and it is certainly old news, so it is unlikely this will ever become a notable event. WP:NOTNEWS Ceosad (talk) 16:33, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: per nom. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 16:50, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree with the others.  Local story about a series of unremarkable thefts.  If it causes a change in law or has some other lasting effect, then the article can be recreated. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:00, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep till December or January Lacks notability, but it would be disrespectful for war veterans, people fighting for peace, victims and people harmed by war and violence (especially after yesterday's awful terrorist attacks in Paris) and for people harmed by this theft as Remembrance Day was just a few days ago. User:Red Icarus of Jakarta 17:09, 14,November 2015
 * Keep till December or January In support of User:Red Icarus of Jakarta. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joburg Joe (talk • contribs) 23:36, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. This just isn't notable enough for an article. It happened and one of the two suspects were convicted and served time, but the crimes were not major enough to really gain the coverage needed for an article. Most thefts don't receive this coverage. Other than a handful of news stories around that point in time, there just isn't any coverage out there. We also can't justify keeping this around for a few months because articles need to show notability in the here and now. There's also a mild BLP issue here since only one of the people was actually convicted in court. I also note that per WP:CRIMINAL, neither person is particularly renowned and the motivations for their crimes aren't particularly unusual. The theft of charity boxes (of various types) isn't even that unusual as a whole, since it sadly happens all the time with various different charities. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  07:08, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: Single event, non-notable. -O.R.Comms 16:00, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - Moneybox thefts are a common thing here in the UK (even on Remembrance Day!) but none of those have articles and so with the greatest of respect I don't see anything special here, Fails ONEEVENT, NOTNEWS & GNG. – Davey 2010 Talk 02:04, 20 November 2015 (UTC)


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