Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tacoma Mall shooting (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Vaticidalprophet 09:27, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Tacoma Mall shooting
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2013 AfD closed as no consensus. Especially because Wikipedia is not a newspaper, is not encyclopedic to include an article about a failed shooting. This event fails WP:EVENTCRIT and a review of the sources yields only local and regional publications. If there is no consensus to delete, redirect to List of mass shootings in the United States. KidAd •  SPEAK  21:27, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 21:33, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 21:34, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Shopping malls-related deletion discussions. North America1000 22:09, 18 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. NPR's 2013 article "Armed 'Good Guys' And The Realities Of Facing A Gunman" discusses Dan McKown, who was paralyzed by the gunman. It was also the subject of a Call 911 episode. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:23, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep – it has enough sources to pass the GNG, so it's good in my opinion. Kokopelli7309 (talk) 14:22, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep RS'es continue to cover the shooter when he does something newsworthy. Even if it didn't, WP:NTEMP. Jclemens (talk) 18:47, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Also, I doubt McKown, who to the best of my knowledge remains paralyzed thanks to his choice to intervene, would call it a "failed" shooting. Jclemens (talk) 18:49, 25 April 2021 (UTC)


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