Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Air Ceylon Avro 748 4R-ACJ 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 keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Editors interested in a possible Redirection can bring up the subject on the article talk page. Liz Read! Talk! 23:16, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Air Ceylon Avro 748 4R-ACJ bombing

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Although this is an interesting incident, from what I can tell, there is very limited coverage and per WP:NOTNEWS, the brief mention of this in the airport page at Ratmalana Airport and at Air Ceylon should be enough. The lack of fatalities also aggrevates the questionable notability of the article. GalacticOrbits (talk) 17:43, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Aviation and Sri Lanka. GalacticOrbits (talk) 17:43, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:25, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:25, 16 February 2024 (UTC)


 * A key factor of NOTNEWS is duration of coverage: the one source used in the article is from 20 years later. The fact it was important enough to be covered two decades after it happened is a sign there is likely more coverage. If there isn't then sure, delete, but I'm not convinced a before check was properly done. PARAKANYAA (talk) 18:51, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Also if there isn't sigcov . PARAKANYAA (talk) 19:02, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * mentioned in an abstract here but I can't look at the full thing.
 * mention here "the most sensational was the time bomb explosion on Air Ceylon's Avro 748 from Jaffna on September 7, 1978, the day the new constitution was promulgated."
 * mention here. "On September 1978, when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched its first attack by bombing an Air Ceylon"
 * I'm actually unsure of where to merge this now because it's explicitly described as most notable as being the first terror attack from the LTTE. Maybe merge there (if I can't find more, I would guess there's more just offline from what I can see) PARAKANYAA (talk) 19:18, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * PARAKANYAA (talk) 16:29, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep in view of later additions. PARAKANYAA (talk) 23:40, 1 March 2024 (UTC)


 * The fact there was a retrospective means that coverage was indeed at least slightly LASTING, but as it stands that's all we have at the moment, so we're currently not at GNG yet. Not sure if other lasting coverage exists. SportingFlyer  T · C  18:59, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The additional Dutch articles make me think this is right on a notability knife edge. Wondering if there are any other LASTING articles, but right now am at a weak keep. SportingFlyer  T · C  15:27, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 19:52, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I will also point out that one of the two sources used has a wider scope than strictly the incident itself. I also support merging into the Ratmalana Airport page and having space there for information on the bombing and this aircraft specifically. Slowtationjet (talk) 17:19, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Keep I found offline Dutch newspaper sources about the incident. I added them to the article and expanded the article. 82.174.61.58 (talk) 15:25, 28 February 2024 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 22:56, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep I think the retrospective clearly shows that this was a notable crime. It also has sources from the time, which indicates to me it is notable. Lettlre (talk) 16:46, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * 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.