Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2017 Saint Petersburg supermarket bombing


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. ansh 666 04:47, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

2017 Saint Petersburg supermarket bombing
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This is solely a news story. WP:NOTNEWSPAPER — Formal Dude (talk) 03:01, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 05:02, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 05:02, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 05:53, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Keep or Merge. I strongly disagree with getting rid of it. It might not comply with WP:NOTNEWSPAPER but let's write the article so that it does not sound like one.

What about adding more background to this so-called story? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CrayonS (talk • contribs) 08:18, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * leaning delete Reuters may have jumped at the words "terrorist" and "Putin", but the sources given say this was a four day story without lasting anything. I could be swayed were other material proffered (given that I'm not in a position to search Russian sources). Mangoe (talk) 12:48, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Bombing fits timeline of terror attacks in Russia and this particular incident was the second major terrorist attack in the city of st.Petersburg in 2017. There was international coverage of the attack and even to this day it gets mentioned occasionally.JBergsma1 (talk) 14:54, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * If WP:NOT is to be followed everywhere, then this should be deleted, but if it is to be ignored for news events in Anglophone countries, as seems to happen regularly at AfD, then it should be kept, as we should not apply different standards according to where in the world something happened. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 19:30, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - There's needs to be follow up or otherwise it is just news, and WP:NOTNEWS. Where's the investigation, response, policy changes, and lasting implications resulted from this event? Acnetj (talk) 01:10, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Sailor 15:42, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - Wikipedia is not news, nor is it indiscriminate collection for alleged terror attacks or "terrorpedia". Breaking news, especially the violent kind, receive the same story in the international news cycle; this is nothing unusual and passing mentions after the fact don't change that. In fact, our notability guidelines for events couldn't make it clearer: A violent crime, accidental death, or other media events may be interesting enough to reporters and news editors to justify coverage, but this will not always translate into sufficient notability for a Wikipedia article.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 16:14, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. The bomber didn't seem to be connected to any terrorist groups or anything that would make this notable, but a sentence or two about the event on Terrorism in Russia is justified if only because RS (and Putin) have called the bombing a terrorist attack. Nanophosis (talk) 15:44, 22 May 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.