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Crime[edit]

Cyber Crime Break[edit]

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A draft was declined multiple times, but the author created it to the main space to bypass AfC reviewing. I also declined the draft earlier. Based on my review, I can't find any sources with significant coverage of the subject just passing mentions and promotions. The organization was just created, and the article seems to exist solely to promote or publicize the organization. I don't think the article meets WP:GNG , WP:ORG, or any other notability criteria that would justify keeping it. Draftification is not a good idea since the author has bypassed the AfC process by moving the article to the main space despite multiple declines by several reviewers. GrabUp - Talk 14:59, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

May 2024 Massachusetts stabbings[edit]

May 2024 Massachusetts stabbings (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I think the creation of this page may have jumped the gun a bit. There are possible issues with WP:SUSPECT and outside of the area it occurred, coverage seems limited (in a brief search just now all of the coverage I've found was already a month old, back to the week the event took place, and nothing since).

I would also be in favor of this going back to the drafts until further information is released. Lindsey40186 (talk) 16:15, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete: Tragic, but doesn't seem to meet NEVENT, as there doesn't seem to be continued coverage. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:46, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. may have jumped the gun a bit describes 95% of current events articles that are created. Only a brief burst of news coverage, and Wikipedia is not a collection of news stories. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 05:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Doesn't seem to be enough lasting significance for NEVENT. will also drop a pet essay, WP:LASTINGCRIME. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 13:25, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: While this is certainly sad, the coverage seems limited and short-lived. Wikipedia focuses on topics with enduring significance, and this doesn't appear to meet that criteria. Waqar💬 17:06, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hurt Hardy[edit]

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Does not meet notability standards of WP:CRIME GuyBanks (talk) 01:09, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Slightly leaning towards Delete. As the person who updated this article (as it was only one sentence before my update), I don't want to take a strong opinion either way; I just want to contribute my two cents and any helpful background I know.
Checking the notability standards, the word "Generally" ("Generally, historic significance is indicated by sustained coverage of the event in reliable secondary sources which persists beyond contemporaneous news coverage and devotes significant attention to the individual's role") seems to offer quite a bit of leeway in terms of what can be included. There are quite a few crime articles throughout Wikipedia that I would say cover crimes/criminals that are even less historically significant than Hurt Hardy, yet those articles have not been questioned.
However, the article is an orphan, and I legitimately cannot think of a single article where it would be appropriate to link to Hurt Hardy. (The only one I might consider would be Rainey Bethea, as the ACTUAL final public execution in the U.S., because there could possibly be a mention on his page that Hurt Hardy's execution is sometimes erroneously given that title despite the fact that it isn't true. Even then, I really don't think Hurt Hardy is notable enough to warrant that.)
I did find one modern source discussing Hurt Hardy - https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article248407885.html (published January 11, 2021) – but one article isn't evidence of sustained coverage. Also, the article only briefly mentions him, and his mention is factually incorrect in several ways. Given the contextual text around that brief mention of Hurt Hardy, the article seems to be implying that Hardy was black, and there may have been an extrajudicial aspect to his public execution; however, Hardy was white, and his hanging was legal and carried out in private.
The relevant text is quoted here: "America’s history of public displays of racially-motivated mob violence is foundational going back to slavery, and public executions as a means of punishment happened well into the 1930s. One of the last public executions in the U.S. was on Missouri soil — the hanging of Hurt Hardy Jr. in 1937. Black people’s public hangings did not involve due process and were viewed as celebratory spectacles attended by thousands of white people, including public officials. People would advertise these “events,” sell food, print postcards of mutilated Black lynching victims, and take pieces of the victims’ bodies and clothing as souvenirs. When looking geographically at Missouri’s lynchings, we see that counties with historic racial terror lynchings are more likely to seek death sentences today."
I also found a 1947 magazine article discussing the murder he committed and his execution, but it is very sensationalized and reads like a detective magazine, and those are notorious for embellishing facts. Afddiary (talk) 12:44, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

San Antonio parade shooting[edit]

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Reviewed during NPP. Does not meet notability:events. BTW the lead is the main article and the whole lead is copyvio. I didn't zap it because then there would be no article. North8000 (talk) 19:52, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was using the criteria at Wikipedia:Notability (events) to answer that question. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 20:58, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I kind of figured you were. Let's see what others say. Whatever works for all, is OK with me. — Maile (talk) 21:08, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Changed to strong keep, With the new sourced background on the killer, I am convinced this article should be kept. — Maile (talk) 02:12, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There are lots of ways to misconstrue WP:N. "We can't know whether anything's notable, but it's in a category" might be the most wild one I've ever seen. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 22:25, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Covered for several pages in the 2012 book The Anatomy of Motive, published by Simon & Schuster
  • Discussed for a page in Fatal Moments: The Tragedy of the Accidental Killer
  • Discussed a non-insignificant amount (idk how many pages) in They Shoot to Kill A Psycho-survey of Criminal Sniping
  • Discussed in the book Old Riot, New Ranger for at least 1+ full page.
This wasn't a particularly exhaustive search and was only books in Google Books so there's likely more.
I volunteer to add them if the article is kept. PARAKANYAA (talk) 23:23, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have now made it less terrible. Could have done more but this is about as much work as I'm willing to do on an article that might get deleted. PARAKANYAA (talk) 00:54, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thumbs up icon Impressive Thank you for doing this. You've really added some decent context and sourcing to this article, I'm now convinced this should be KEEP. Your editing has shed light on the overall mental picture of the perpetrator.. — Maile (talk) 02:12, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I also might add that the Texas archives final standoff video is pretty impressive in and of itself. — Maile (talk) 13:59, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was redirect‎ to List of Internet challenges#Crime. Owen× 16:03, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gallon smashing[edit]

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While this probably seemed like an interesting topic at the time, it seems to explicitly fail WP:SUSTAINED (cf. also WP:10YT) as the coverage happened in 2013 with very little after that. Therefore, in hindsight the fad seems short-lived and confined to that time period with little impact (WP:IMPACT) beyond that. An alternative way to proceed could be a broader article about criminal "challenges/pranks" directed against grocery stores/food places, as gallon smashing seems closely related to ice cream licking [1] etc. Geschichte (talk) 07:54, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Redirect to List of internet challenges. I looked at the titles of the sources and thought that an Internet challenge still getting media coverage eleven years after the fact might indeed merit its own article, but then I checked the sources. The articles listed as being from 2024 are actually from the mid-teens, merely archived in 2024. Possible mislead but also possible NBD. Given that, the entry in "List of Internet challenges" seems sufficient to me. Would reconsider if there is in fact analysis of this challenge from 2020 or later. Darkfrog24 (talk) 21:50, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Swat lynching incident[edit]

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Horrible and highly condemnable incident but fails NEVENT. WP is not newspaper. Saqib (talk I contribs) 10:02, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've merged the content into List of blasphemy cases in Pakistan to ensure that editors' efforts are not wasted. — Saqib (talk I contribs) 15:30, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per above. I mean it was already so in theory it can be redirected but, yes. PARAKANYAA (talk) 12:22, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Michael Larson[edit]

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WP:BLP1E. Jax 0677 (talk) 23:02, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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2024 Lakki Marwat bombing[edit]

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Fails NEVENT. No lasting effects. Saqib (talk) 20:34, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: "No lasting effects" seems rather early to call three days since the bombing, the day after an overnight operation resulting from it was held. There's arguments that could be made in regards to WP:NOTNEWS and WP:NEVENTS, but WP:LASTING is not the one (yet), since that one specifically states It may take weeks or months to determine whether or not an event has a lasting effect. This does not, however, mean recent events with unproven lasting effect are automatically non-notable, and less-than-a-week-ago is certainly recent. AddWittyNameHere 01:59, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
AddWittyNameHere, Noted. How about WP:TOOSOON ? — Saqib (talk) 06:27, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2024. Pakistan has so much terrorism that the odds of an individual incident getting long term coverage are slim unless it is exceptionally high profile and deadly, which this is not. However, it is notable as part of Pakistan's overall problem, so the information should be retained. This is what we did with the 100 past Pakistani terrorism articles that were AfD'd the past few months (though a few stayed their own articles) PARAKANYAA (talk) 07:17, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
PARAKANYAA, Sure - I'm fine with merge into Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2024. — Saqib (talk I contribs) 23:01, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep as the event has received WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE in international media: 9 June 2024, 11 June 2024, 16 June 2024. Maybe rename the article, but such events are almost always notable due to Pakistan Army connection. I'd suggest to defer this AFD for a year so we can see the lasting impact. 103.12.120.46 (talk) 22:26, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • IP- As per this report, Pakistan witnessed as many as 245 incidents of terror attacks and counter-terror operations during the *irst quarter of 2024, resulting in 432 fatalities I'm sure each of them received similar amount of press coverage but do we need a standalone WP article on each one of them? I don't think so. This barely two paragraph long article should better be merged. WP is NOTDIRECTORY of terrorist attacks in Pakistan so we better focus on quality of our articles, not quantity. — Saqib (talk I contribs) 23:16, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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