Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Car attack


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The result was   redirect to Assault. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:23, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Car attack

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Ideally should be CSD-ed as un-encyclopedic. Should be deleted, or redirected to Vehicular homicide. A v  N  10:58, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as it fails WP:Verifiability and WP:Avoid Neologisms. Resurr Section (talk) 11:31, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete not even a neologism in my opinion, rather merely an artifact of "Headline English". Gigs (talk) 11:53, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete/Redirect. This is a tabloid term for a concept that already exists, no need for a separate article. --Chiliad22 (talk) 15:11, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:07, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge into Assault or Reckless driving (and redirect). I agree with Gigs that this seems to be an example of "headline English," not a real term, and the article itself is trivial. However, the phenomenon is real and the concept of using a car as in a physical attack on a person is not fully covered by Vehicular homicide, as suggested, because "car attacks" include nonlethal attacks. Some U.S. jurisdictions list "vehicular assault" (or something similar) as a crime, which suggests to me that Assault would be a reasonable place to cover this topic. However, it's also clear that it's a form of dangerous driving (which redirects to reckless driving). --Orlady (talk) 20:37, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Simply redirect to vehicular homicide or reckless driving (don't delete). ♠  TomasBat   00:23, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Vehicular homicide is significantly different from reckless driving. A  v  N  09:48, 3 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge into Assault. Using a car as a weapon is a real phenomenon, but the vehicular homocide covers only the lethal results. Reckless driving doesn't have the same intent to hurt someone. Assault is the best fit to merge to. - Mgm|(talk) 11:54, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as neologism. --AndrewHowse (talk) 13:04, 6 May 2009 (UTC)


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