Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St. Joseph Bank Hostage standoff (2nd nomination)


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The result was no consensus. Davewild (talk) 17:35, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

St. Joseph Bank Hostage standoff
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A tragic event, but clearly not notable. I have seen no news coverage about it even in the days following the shooting, and it seems to be your average run-of-the-mill failed shooting. Libertarian12111971 (talk) 22:14, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - for some bizarre reason I can't open that article, and only that article. I get the message, "Exception encountered, of type "BadMethodCallException"". Anyway no sources indicate long-term coverage other than a local "one year later" article.  —Мандичка YO 😜 23:12, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - I got that same message while trying to open an article about C.J. Pearson. I think it could be Wikipedia servers or something.   CookieMonster755   (talk)   23:29, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: Hm, really? It works fine for me. Libertarian12111971 (talk) 00:29, 19 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep Not sure where you're finding a lack of reliable sources, but Google News turns up articles from USA Today, FOX News, and the Huffington Post, all of which are reliable enough to keep this article. The content itself needs a bit of work, but the article is notable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ngeaup (talk • contribs) 15:57, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I meant actual news coverage, not online articles. Libertarian12111971 (talk) 18:23, 22 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete: Fails WP:PERSISTENCE. This was just another momentary event where coverage dried up very shortly afterwards; the only coverage I found down the road were 1-year-anniversary articles in the local papers.  Nha Trang  Allons! 16:07, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete: Fails WP:PERSISTENCE. Quis separabit?  03:04, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. Tragic story worthy of separate article. Few events of this kind happen in small communities. It should be preserved for the historical recod convenient for the readers. Billy Hathorn (talk) 02:37, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep There was significant coverage in the USA Today, the Associated Press, and Fox News during the event. The subject has received coverage months after the August 2013 event in this articleWebCite from the Associated Press in March 2014 and this articleWebCite from KARD in August 2014. Both later articles provide substantial coverage which overcomes the WP:PERSISTENCE concerns. Cunard (talk) 06:11, 26 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep – Passes WP:GNG and has received WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE as per, , which serves to establish ongoing notability. North America1000 09:09, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
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