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2009 BART Police Shooting

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Very recent news item - Wikipedia isn't Wikinews. This news item could get legs and be noteworthy in the future, but it isn't now. Delete per WP:NOT Mr. Vernon (talk) 06:44, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of News-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 08:56, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 08:57, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 08:58, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the San Francisco Bay Area Wikiproject discussion. BoL (Talk) 03:13, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Not Noteworthy?

This case is more than recent news -- it has appeared on KTVU for the last three nights as the lead story -- there should be some documentation of what is happening -- as it stands, now five days from the incident, there is almost nothing on Wikipedia about this story. Wayne shoter (talk) 09:21, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

• Merge and redirect for now, or until when the officer makes his statement. BoL (Talk) 03:07, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect to BART News events aren't notable unless they have actual consequences (apart from the shot person dying). Until then it should be covered in the context of BART. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:14, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
• Merge per MGM. The story has some notability, but there just isn't enough about the incident to warrant its own seperate article yet. However I have no opposition, if the story does become bigger, to de-merging. Umbralcorax (talk) 16:40, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
• Merge--This notable event should be included in Bart.--Jmundo (talk) 17:05, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
• Merge for now. It could be split out if the tragedy turns out to have societal implications, or sets a precedent, like giving policemen Tasers they can distinguish from pistols, or other policy changes or legislation, or if it is the subject of secondary documentation or analysis besides news stories, such as books or TV programs it might turn out to be of historic and encyclopedic importance. See also the policy WP:NOT#NEWS and its predecessor the essay WP:NOTNEWS. Edison (talk) 18:55, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
• Merge per Edison and Jmundo. Edit Centric (talk) 20:01, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

• Note to closing admin: I have tagged Oscar Grant, a one-sentence stub, for AfD as well; if the result of this AfD is to merge, then I think it fair to conclude that Oscar Grant can be deleted and/or redirected to the merged section in BART. (anon, but since I don't like SignBot, or whatever that bot is called...) 140.247.133.184 (talk) 21:00, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

• Merge -- Should be in BART, if it has larger ramifications, i.e. Rodney King beating, then give it it's own article. --Fastsince85 (talk) 00:23, 7 January 2009 (UTC)