Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2020 Westgate Entertainment District shooting


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The result was merge to Westgate Entertainment District. czar 22:12, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

2020 Westgate Entertainment District shooting

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This article was created way too quickly and is a prime example of WP:NOTNEWS in action. First off, a mass shooting with such low casualty numbers (only three injuries and no deaths) is absolutely non-notable, especially in a country with a mass shooting epidemic like the United States. Second off, the article's only claim to notability (the shooter apparently being an incel) doesn't hold a lot of weight in this instance, considering only a prosecutor has said it and other people have yet to corroborate it.

The incel article already has this as an entry in its list, and it's already enough to share everything that is known about the case. I doubt there will be any eye-opening revelations about the case that would warrant this article staying. Love of Corey (talk) 21:33, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - Unfortunately, the subject fails WP:MILL and WP:NOTNEWS as they are usual, non-significant events that happen usually. This simply like any other shooting. Koridas (...Puerto Rico for statehood!) 21:38, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete per nomination, but merge into the Westgate Entertainment District page as it currently lacks information about the shooting. Epluribusunumyall (talk) 09:21, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge per Epluribusunumyall as this is more important to the mall itself rather than the entire world YatesTucker00090 (talk) 18:35, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge into Westgate Entertainment District. Autarch (talk) 09:46, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Honestly, why even create an article on this in the first place, then? Love of Corey (talk) 21:09, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
 * In retrospect, I should have added a section to the Westgate Entertainment District on the history of the place and add a subsection for the attack. I suppose I wasn't sure if the attack would become more significant due to additional charges, like the 2020 Toronto machete attack was due to the additional terrorism charges and links to the incel attacks. Anyway, I agree in retrospect that it was hasty of me to create a separate article. Autarch (talk) 20:08, 27 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge into Westgate Entertainment District. Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk) 12:00, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge per above. An insignificant incident per se. My very best wishes (talk) 17:31, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge into Westgate Entertainment District, per Autarch 79.67.65.82 (talk) 18:36, 27 May 2020 (UTC)


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