Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Great Willmar, Minnesota Raid


 * 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 of the debate was Delete.  (aeropagitica)  23:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

The Great Willmar, Minnesota Raid
Although a notable figure seems to have been involved in Machine Gun Kelly, this seems a non-notable event. To quote from the original version of the article: "...few people know much about it, if anything at all. And Willmar doesn’t celebrate the event or even talk about it." Obviously it needs a massive clean up but I think there's nothing worth saving. It seems that it was copied straight from a local-interest type book by one Terry Shaw who is also apparently the user who created this page. Spondoolicks 15:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as nn. --Ter e nce Ong 16:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom -- T B C ???   ???   ??? 16:25, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete -- article doesn't explain the importance of the event in Minnesota history or in the history of Machine Gun Kelly. The Minnesota Historical Society doesn't have anything online about it, although this article from crimelibrary.com asserts some notability of the event.  Still, the current article reads like a narrative or a story, not an encyclopedia article.  If the article could be rewritten to address these concerns, I'd be more inclined to keep it.  -- E lkman - (talk) 20:35, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
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