Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2016 Austin shooting


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 04:18, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

2016 Austin shooting

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This supposed 'mass shooting' is now being called two separate incidents by Austin Police, neither of which on their own merit posting as they are too minor. 331dot (talk) 10:18, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * More media coverage for info (some including recent updates):
 * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/31/austin-shooting-multiple-victims-reported-in-texas
 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/31/texas-shooting-multiple-victims-reported-from-active-shooter-in/
 * http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/31/us/austin-shooting/index.html
 * http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/austin-shooting-multiple-victims-reported-downtown-texas-capital-n620436
 * http://abcnews.go.com/US/active-shooter-leaves-multiple-victims-austin-texas-police/story?id=41025191
 * http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/austin-shooting-active-shooter-dead-multiple-victims-texas-police-latest-live-a7164701.html
 * http://www.smh.com.au/world/multiple-victims-from-gunman-in-texas-shooting-20160731-gqht6p.html
 * http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/austin-shooting-multiple-victims-reported-downtown-texas-capital-n620436
 * http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/575780/news/world/multiple-victims-reported-from-separate-shootings-in-austin-texas-police
 * https://twitter.com/Austin_Police/status/759688419198930944
 * https://twitter.com/Austin_Police/status/759664504506462208
 * https://twitter.com/ATCEMS/status/759660102999764996
 * http://wgntv.com/2016/07/30/one-woman-dead-3-injured-in-austin-shooting-and-stabbing/
 * https://chicago.everyblock.com/locations/neighborhoods/austin/
 * http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/austin-schiesserei-101.html
 * http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/austin-texas-schiesserei-polizei-meldet-mehrere-opfer-a-1105521.html
 * http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2016-07/usa-austin-texas-schiesserei
 * http://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/kriminalitaet/id_78559762/schuesse-in-austin-texas-eine-tote-mehrere-verletzte-kein-amoklauf.html
 * http://www.n24.de/n24/Nachrichten/Panorama/d/8911254/eine-tote-und-mehrere-opfer-in-der-innenstadt.html
 * http://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/kriminalitaet/schiessereien-in-texas-eine-tote-und-mehrere-verletzte-in-austin-14365390.html
 * Some links copied from 1 + 2, thanks to & . If one death and several injured don't meet the notability criteria, then perhaps the reportedly difficult situation to distinguish two different shootings in close proximity does. --SI 13:02, 31 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete This is just two common-or-garden firearms incidents that are (sadly) everyday occurrences in the USA. That they happened close together in time and location is just coincidence according to the latest reports. Even if this was one gunman (which it wasn't) who killed one and injured four in two shootings (it was actually just one shooting and one person who may or may not have intended to shoot someone else) it wouldn't necessarily make it notable. Thryduulf (talk) 14:16, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 14:18, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 14:18, 31 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete article creator seems not to comprehend Wikipedia is not the news. Prevan (talk) 14:26, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NOTNEWS. Another day, another shooting.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 16:54, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete – Relatively minor incident; WP:NOTNEWS. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 17:01, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Alas, by American standards, these are common occurrences and are not news. Tigercompanion25 (talk) 17:22, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:48, 31 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete – per WP:NOTNEWS.  Adog 104  Talk to me 19:22, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * WP:SNOW Delete - WP:NOTNEWS. ansh 666 20:52, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete – per WP:NOTNEWS. There are shootings everywhere in the United States that are covered by local stations. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 21:11, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Suggestion: What about closing/deleting this per WP:SNOW? Suggested by the article-starter SI 21:24, 31 July 2016 (UTC) (btw, how many of the above media do you call "local stations"? ;)
 * WP:NOTNEWS still applies whether the subject is covered internationally or locally.  Adog 104  Talk to me 22:10, 31 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep: For now. I believe it is better to make a decision when more information is released. Beejsterb (talk) 00:10, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm wondering what information you are waiting for that will change the fact that this was two minor, unrelated incidents, and not a mass shooting as initially reported. 331dot (talk) 13:09, 1 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete. There are over 10,000 homicides in the US every year, and I see nothing extraordinary in this one. Mikael Häggström (talk) 07:33, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete or move to "en.massshootingsintheUS.wikipedia.org". As per previous comment, this is nothing special in the US.  Thousands of people are shot to death every year.  The Rambling Man (talk) 19:17, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - This is sooooo not news. Parsley Man (talk) 03:15, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. No indication that these unrelated events have any encyclopedic notability. -- Kinu  t/c 16:33, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete - in Chicago this would just be another Tuesday.--WaltCip (talk) 15:57, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - This does not belong here, WP:NOTNEWS. Dane2007 (talk) 21:46, 7 August 2016 (UTC)


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