Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2018 Malmö shooting


 * 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. TonyBallioni (talk) 23:32, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

2018 Malmö shooting

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A shooting among other shootings, of which there are countless every day across the world. When it was created, it was argued on the talk page that this one was notable because of the effects this particular shooting would have on the ongoing conflicts in Malmö. In hindsight, I have been unable to find sources to support this, and a request on the talk page for any sources to back this up has been unanswered for one and a half year. /Julle (talk) 22:24, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Crime and Sweden. /Julle (talk) 22:24, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 *  Comment It may be worth noting for the record that the creator——was blocked indefinitely in August 2018 for Persistent disruptive editing, BLP issues, disruptive templating and generally uncollaborative editing. (see User talk:Albin Schmitt/Archive 1). The editor who asserted on the talk page that the article meets notability requirements— (then known as )—was blocked indefinitely in December 2021 for being WP:NOTHERE (see ANI thread for details). The latter was also blocked on Swedish-language Wikipedia for two years in October 2021 for misrepresenting sources (see sv:Wikipedia:Kommentarer om administrationen av Wikipedia/Arkiv 2021). This may go some way in explaining why the January 2021 request for sources on the talk page has gone unanswered, seeing as they are the principal authors of this article. TompaDompa (talk) 02:12, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete We had a rash of editors around this time try to put a bunch of alarmist crime articles up only to make a WP:POINT about 'crime increases' in places they don't regard as 'desirable' or having 'desirable people', and this was definitely one of them. There's absolutely no reason for this article to remain, and it didn't affect anything but as a fleeting talking point in some political ad.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 02:25, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete We can see, four years later, that this event does not meet WP:EVENTCRITERIA.Sjö (talk) 07:02, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete lacks a lasting impact in the encyclopedic sense — Preceding unsigned comment added by Draken Bowser (talk • contribs) 07:28, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. While gun violence does appear to be on the increase in Sweden, a fatal shooting of three people is still rare anywhere in Europe and therefore a highly notable event. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:20, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I live in the city in question, and it doesn't seem to me like this has, in hindsight, been treated as a highly notable event even locally – deadly gun violence is unfortunately commonplace here. Looking at WP:EVENTCRITERIA, it seems to fit perfectly with #4, "usually not notable". As the page states, "[n]otable events usually receive coverage beyond a relatively short news cycle" and I can't see that kind of time-depth in the sourcing here. /Julle (talk) 11:44, 21 September 2022 (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.