Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of stabbings


 * 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. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 01:15, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

List of stabbings

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Impossibly broad topic. We can't list every recorded stabbing in human history on a single page. An anonymous username, not my real name (talk) 06:36, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTINDISCRIMINATE. There seems to be no clear inclusion criteria for such a broad scope of stabbing events that have happened in history. Ajf773 (talk) 09:32, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists and Crime. Ajf773 (talk) 09:32, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete As a rough minimum, there are 550 articles in Category:Stabbing attacks up to level 2 subcategories. –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 09:57, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Have too many articles that should be listed is not a valid reason to delete. If the list gets too long, break it into sub-list, such as location like they do with all the shooting articles.   D r e a m Focus  13:36, 13 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete how many people, even notable ones, have been stabbed in human history? Bladed/pointy weapons have been around since humans learned to sharpen rocks and sticks. Dronebogus (talk) 11:14, 12 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Just like we don't have articles on List of gun deaths or List of explosion deaths, we shouldn't have an article on List of stabbings. 2601:647:5800:4D2:64A4:7B08:985:3C48 (talk) 19:28, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * We have List of explosions and have quite a number of articles about shooting. Category:Gun violence in the United States, Category:Mass shootings in the United States by state, and every state seems to have a list of shootings in the state but these aren't all in one category yet.  Search for "List of shootings in" to see them.   D r e a m Focus  13:25, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Any article about a stabbing can be listed here. There are plenty of them.  Having too many is not a valid reason not to have a list for them.  inclusion criteria is obviously to only list those stabbings notable enough to have a Wikipedia article about them. This is a valid list for information and navigational purposes.   D r e a m Focus  13:25, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * If we only include notable stabbings, then it's not really just a "list of stabbings", as that would imply the inclusion of less-notable incidents as well. And even if we moved it, what would we move it to? "List of stabbings notable enough to have a Wikipedia article"? WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, but we really probably shouldn't have list of explosions either, and the second thing you brought up is far less WP:INDISCRIMINATE. An anonymous username, not my real name (talk) 15:45, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * "List of X" generally implies "notable". Clarityfiend (talk) 15:53, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * There are many "list of fictional characters from X work" articles that would beg to differ. An anonymous username, not my real name (talk) 17:38, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * WP:OTHERSTUFF, again. A lot of those character lists probably aren’t notable or worth keeping either. Dronebogus (talk) 18:41, 13 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep. A list or lists can provide more info than a category can, and this one does. Just delete the ones without articles. Clarityfiend (talk) 15:53, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete List can only be indiscriminate in its coverage which negates its informational value. Lamona (talk) 17:47, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Way too broad and currently hopelessly incomplete. Can't believe that nobody bothered to add Assassination of Julius Caesar. tsk tsk. Hemiauchenia (talk) 22:11, 13 November 2022 (UTC)


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