Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bombings in Mogadishu


 * 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. The Bushranger One ping only 10:03, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Bombings in Mogadishu

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

This article loosely stitches together a few wikipedia articles about events in one of the most dangerous cities on earth. I can't see how the lead two sentences add to anyone's understanding of the violence in that city, making this basically a dab page with summaries. It's like having an article on shootings in LA Legacypac (talk) 00:14, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - I'm not sure the point of this list or why it begins in 2008 —Мандичка YO 😜 01:25, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions. Sam Sailor Talk! 07:17, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Terrorism-related deletion discussions. Sam Sailor Talk! 07:17, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:54, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:54, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:55, 19 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep, it might seem like a glorified disambiguation page, but if that's what it is, it serves a purpose. You make it sound like it's a huge list with endless events, but it's not. If you think it should be trimmed out to a disambiguation page without summaries, that can be debated without any need for deletion. LjL (talk) 18:58, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * As this article says "As well as attacking troops, the group (Al-Shabab) frequently carries out bombings and gun attacks on officials at bureaus, hotels or restaurants." This list is far from complete Stringing all bombings in the city together is WP:SYNTH. Legacypac (talk) 22:35, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * A WP:SAL is not WP:SYNTH per se, no. LjL (talk) 03:08, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment One issue with this is that it isn't chronologically limited, and different people have been blowing things up in Mogadishu for decades. If it is about bombins by one faction, say so. If it is a list, make it List of bombings in Mogadishu (2008-present) if that is what's intended. I have no issue with its retention, but its scope needs to be far better defined in the title and lead. Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 10:07, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:58, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is definitely improper synthesis as it stands, pulling together different bomb attacks in Mogadishu since 2008 without any indication that this is a coherent topic. I did consider if it could be turned into a cut-down list and extended back pre-2008, but I'm not sure why we would separate bombings from other attacks, we already have the comprehensive Timeline of Al-Shabaab related events (nearly all post-2008 bombings in Mogadishu are by Al-Shabaab), and navigating bombings in Mogadishu seems like something the category system could handle better. Fences  &amp;  Windows  09:56, 27 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete Rather pointless. If the series had received coverage as a series, that would be different; but this is just a glorified category/DAB page. Vanamonde93 (talk) 11:49, 4 December 2015 (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.