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The result was delete. Giving credence to the sequential tilt in the !voting towards delete, and considering the 'time' factor involved in such an incident, I'm deleting the article. Wifione Message 13:42, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013 Aurora shooting

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Just another US shooting, not notable, fails WP:NOT#NEWS and WP:N/CA, contested prod. WWGB (talk) 10:57, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • That's why our guidelines are tagged with a notation that they're "best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply." A topic that's received significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject usually is sufficiently notable, but this is an exception. (As discussed, the event received such coverage because of its coincidental proximity to an earlier event, not because it was highly noteworthy in and of itself.) We mustn't blindly adhere to the letter of WP:GNG instead of recognizing the spirit. —David Levy 00:04, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:42, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:42, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of News-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:42, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait the full week before making a determination on this AfD. It's too early to tell whether this is going to turn out to be notable. Right now this look like a nonnotable event that doesn't merit its own article (although it might belong on a list of shootings). However, there's still very little information available about the background of this event. Let's wait a few days (at least) to see what develops. --Orlady (talk) 21:45, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No indication that this particualr shooting is more than run-of-the-mill crime. --Orlady (talk) 06:24, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait/comment - I'll have to agree with what Orlady said above. It's just too early to see the lasting effects, if any, the event will have. There has been more than enough sources, however, if the July 2012 shooting in the same city did not happen, then this event will only have routine coverage. -- LuK3 (Talk) 22:39, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep for now - and renominate in a weeks time if no major coverage is done. It is way to early to talk about lasting effects and coverage. However it doesnt fail WP:GNG so in that my !vote on the next afD will likely be Keep. --BabbaQ (talk) 23:34, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep for now That the shooting took place in the same city as the Dark Knight shooting has given a wide variety of sources. Canuck89 (chat with me) 23:36, January 6, 2013 (UTC)
  • Delete for now If it turns out to be notable in its own right, not just "newsworthy" by association, it can be rewritten. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:16, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - no indication that this incident is particularly notable as these things go. Theoldsparkle (talk) 17:48, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. The sources demonstrate notability. Everyking (talk) 14:15, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per JayJay. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 03:58, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, as events like this happen with (admittedly disturbing) regularity. Police respond to incidents like this frequently, and there's nothing particularly exceptional about these events aside from the fact that they occurred in the same town as another, larger mass shooting. Per WP:NOTNEWS, I advise deletion. --Delta1989 (talk/contributions) 03:55, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • KEEP FOR NOW -- For at least the next two weeks. Too little is currently known about whether there were enough similarities between this and the July 2012 Aurora incident to make this story newsworthy in the long run. There are also significant unanswered questions as to the relevance of this incident to the ongoing nationwide discussion/debates concerning availability of weapons vs. gun control, that has been a highly significant ongoing news story ever since the December mass shooting in Newtown, CT. Petronius2 (talk) 22:41, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    On what do you base the assertion that "too little is currently known about whether there were enough similarities between this and the July 2012 Aurora incident"? What evidence is there of any significant similarities beyond "shooting that occurred in Aurora"? Are you arguing that the article should be kept in case some heretofore unknown connection comes to light? —David Levy 02:30, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz talk 01:05, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep. Incident is covered in the New York Times, BBC news, USA Today, the Times of India, and the Huffington Post. King Jakob C 01:22, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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