Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Medal theft


 * 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. TexasAndroid (talk) 18:14, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Medal theft

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From the debate on the talk page:

Is this article really of any significance? I mean, could anyone create an article for any "noun theft" and describe it as the theft of nouns?

Or is this a industry or maybe colloquial term?

Or one could have articles on car theft, money theft, aeroplane theft, food theft, book theft etc.

is medal theft any more notable than any other crime? I don't think this article will ever be more than a stub Franny-K (talk) 14:22, 9 August 2008 (UTC)


 * 3,180,000 Google hits on the term. --Auric (talk) 21:59, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Above text copied over by me; AfD template placed by. ➨ ❝ ЯEDVERS ❞ has nothing to declare except his jeans 09:25, 28 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment Do you really think this text can/should be expanded to present a worldwide and historical view on the subject? There have been scores of documented high-profile murder cases where medals were primary targets, but is it worth expanding at all? NVO (talk) 10:01, 28 August 2008 (UTC) PS. Franny K: Yes, car theft is notable due to sheer numbers and the fact that many jurisdictions (national criminal codes) consider it a particular type of crime, distinct from theft in general. Yes, book theft may be a subject of a text; there have been very public, high-profile cases against book thieves. NVO (talk) 10:05, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Reply I also agree that book theft would be a valid topic as well. The news has been covering the topic more and more while people are going to jail over what most would consider silly stuff (overdue library books, etc). It falls under this category. Turlo Lomon (talk) 12:41, 28 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep Reviewing the article and the sources, there is multiple coverage in the news specifically referring to "medal theft". This coverage covers almost a decade. There is only e unsourced statement in history of thefts, and that should be easy enough to find. The rest of it has inline citations. I feel this meets the criteria for inclusion. Needs a tad of cleanup, and could very easily be expanded. Turlo Lomon (talk) 12:40, 28 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. Article is way beyond the stub it started as and meets the notability and verifiability concerns. Banj e  b oi   09:21, 3 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. Notable, referenced. --Yopie 12:59, 3 September 2008 (UTC)


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