Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Blair flour attack


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  10:15, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Tony Blair flour attack

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Flour-bombing incident does not meet WP:EVENT- lacks a WP:LASTING effect. MrsSnoozyTurtle 04:06, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree this event lacks notability for Wikipedia. Coopman86 (talk) 04:24, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Compare with the Prescott punch for a lasting event.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 08:41, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 21:33, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 21:33, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete no ongoing significance and already covered in the article on Llin Golding. Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 21:05, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Lean Delete - This is in some respects a tricky one, as at the time it got a lot of coverage as a shocking breach of security and as it initially was unclear what had been thrown, briefly caused concern as to whether it was some sort of chemical attack. Afterwards there were also some concerns that the reactions of some MPs showed a lack of awareness of what to do had this been a more serious attack. Yet I am not seeing any evidence that this led to major changes to House of Commons security procedures (possibly in part because of the fact that measures like the glass screen had been introduced not long before it). Nor did the event impact on Tony Blair's career in any lasting way. Equally I see little sign that it has become seen as an important historical event. Thus I feel while it was very news worthy at the time, it can be said that the long term implications of it were negligible, and so does not merit an article of its on. It is not currently mentioned in any of the history of parliament articles, but is mentioned at the Fathers 4 Justice article, where it is given more context as part of a wider campaign by that group, and I suspect that is where it can be covered best. Dunarc (talk) 20:21, 15 July 2021 (UTC)


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