Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 Bin Salman mosque bombing

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The result was merge‎ to Terrorism in Yemen. Owen× ☎ 11:27, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2008 Bin Salman mosque bombing[edit]

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The 2 sources provided are from the time of event. No lasting coverage or impact to meet WP:EVENT. LibStar (talk) 07:13, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, Terrorism, Islam, and Yemen. LibStar (talk) 07:13, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: subsequent reactions to the event are presented in the zh.wiki page, here is one source: [1] where the attack is described as "a dangerous escalation in the northern conflict". Broc (talk) 08:44, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That one source is from the day after the attack, so is part of the news cycle, WP:NOTNEWS. We need lasting coverage to see an WP:EFFECT. LibStar (talk) 07:05, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Terrorism in Yemen under its own section. The coverage above does not convince me of long term notability; there was some commentary immediately after it occured, but not a lot. Most notable as part of the overall terrorism situation (which merging it to the article preserves) It's possible of course that long term coverage exists in another language and if evidence of that is ever provided I would not argue against its recreation, but I doubt it. PARAKANYAA (talk) 08:47, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Shadow311 (talk) 21:46, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Nom, or as ATD, Merge to Terrorism in Yemen per Parakanyaa. Local decision if "under its own section" or not. Does not meet GNG. Rationale: Wikipedia does not need to be a world newspaper on every incident, helping add or provide legitimacy to terrorism, regardless of notability. They do not need any help. Articles such as this, or like 2007 Marib suicide car bombing, with coverage when it was breaking news, but no real significant coverage as an event deserving an encyclopedia article. Makes too much sense: The state of the article does not determine notability and AFD is not cleanup, HOWEVER: Once notability (test used by editors to decide whether a given topic warrants its own article) is questioned the solution is evidence by multiple (more than one or two) reliable, published (See: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view#Good research and WP:Reliable sources#Definition of a source), independent sources. Most of the time news articles are meant to be shocking, or otherwise tantalizing as opposed to being neutral that is supposed to be not only a mandate but a fundamental principle of Wikipedia. -- Otr500 (talk) 15:16, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:35, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.