Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2005 Hudson Valley Mall shooting incident (2nd nomination)

On 14 Feb 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The final decision was a judgment call. I called it as a m:transwiki to WikiNews. We have since learned that transwiki to WikiNews is incompatible with GFDL. I am returning it to VfD for reconsideration. The prior discussion can be found at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/2005 Hudson Valley Mall shooting incident.

I recommend deletion because this is a news article, not an encyclopedic event. Wikipedia does not need or want an article on every non-notable crime. (It would be nice if we lived in a world where this was a notable crime but we don't. Similar incidents occur on a daily basis. I believe this got attention only because it was a slow news day.) There have been no significant edits to this article since 14 Feb (the day after the article was created). The article is an orphan. While low edits and orphan status are not deletion criteria, they are supporting evidence that this is not a requested article. A good WikiNews article already exists here. Rossami (talk) 21:32, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

• Keep This was a major news event. SquirrelKabob 22:13, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
• user's 10th edit
• Delete. Minor-league news, non-encyclopedic to anyone outside of Poughkeepsie: hell, it's probably non-encyclopedic to anyone outside the Hudson Valley Mall. --Calton | Talk 01:56, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Every wacko with a gun needs not an article. humblefool®Have you voted in the CSD poll yet? 02:20, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• transwiki to WikiNews. Vegaswikian 06:21, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• I draw your attention to what is written in the nomination above, both about the fact that transwiki to Wikinews is not allowed and that Wikinews had a news article on this the day before this encyclopedia article was even begun. Uncle G 11:50, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete appears to be a minor shooting incident - no-one was killed. JamesBurns 08:29, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Oh hell, let it be. It's written decently, and it probably mattered a lot to people in upstate New York. - The Inclusionist known as Eric 10:12, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, this is not Wikinews. Nor the memorial. Radiantmeta:mergist 12:22, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

: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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.