Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2015 attack on Dallas police


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The result was merge‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers. Liz Read! Talk! 00:07, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

2015 attack on Dallas police

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Does not meet WP:EVENT, only 1 death (the perpetrator) and all coverage seems to be from June 2015 so no WP:LASTING coverage. LibStar (talk) 01:02, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Crime and Texas. LibStar (talk) 01:02, 29 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. Death toll really doesn't mean anything for notability except it is likely there will be more coverage. Some incidents that killed 20+ people aren't mentioned anywhere on Wikipedia, some incidents where no one died are well referenced and comprehensive and had an effect. The context matters more, and the context of the motive and police here makes me lean keep given the sourcing
 * Anyway, IMO it is on the edge of NEVENT, since there is later sourcing:
 * 2016 One year later: Dallas police headquarters shooting
 * 2016 Texas’ Gun Culture and Politics Made Dallas Shooting Inevitable (about the later attack, but opens with several paragraphs discussing this one)
 * Lead to upgrades in their security, discussed in 2018
 * 2016 Cop Killers: Fatal Shootings of Police Are Rising
 * As an ATD merge a small portion to the background section of the 2016 attack on the same police department the next year and redirect, since it seems like relevant context that someone else had tried and failed to do that just the year before, and several reliable sources connect them (and a lot of the same officers were involved). PARAKANYAA (talk) 01:26, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Eh, changing vote to merge relevant content to the background section of 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers. This is probably best served in the context of that, and the comparisons that several sources draw can go in the reactions section. The background section of that article is lacking anyway. PARAKANYAA (talk) 00:58, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 00:41, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events and Police.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  02:41, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Merge to 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers per PARAKANYAA. The article is a good example of WP:RECENTISM, with one of the remedies listed in that essay being a merge. While the event does not fall under the criteria of WP:NOTNEWS due to the unusual circumstances of the attack (an assault on police HQ using a "Zombie Apocalypse Assault Vehicle and Troop Transport" is not WP:MILL) and should be retained, it should not remain a standalone article. Rather than being considered as follow-up reporting, the sourcing provided above could be seen more as retrospective analysis only, especially with the death of the perpetrator and no other casualties sustained. However, the sources do seem to tie the two events together. The proposed target is a similar event with a similar name in the same city, carried out only one year later by a similarly deranged perpetrator, so bundling these together makes perfect sense.  Stony Brook  babble 13:27, 12 March 2024 (UTC)


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