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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can . Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:02, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2022 Pittsburgh shooting (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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I have been unable to find sustained and persistent coverage of this shooting and I believe that it does not meet the crime notability guideline. The shooting occurred on April 17, 2022, and all but three sources that I have been able to find were published from April 17–19, 2022. First, an academic article published November 11, 2022, has a paragraph about the shooting claiming that it "gained wide public attention, commentary, and condemnation", but it only cites to an April 17, 2022 article in People. Then, on November 17, 2022, WTAE-TV aired a story on a lawsuit that was filed regarding the shooting. Finally, in April 2023, WTAE ran a routine one-year follow-up piece. voorts (talk/contributions) 03:01, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Crime, Events, and Pennsylvania. voorts (talk/contributions) 03:01, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't call the follow up piece routine (and I think that word is overused) but it is excessively local and by itself not enough. PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:18, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

this piece from earlier this year, which goes into its impact on airbnb, the law it inspired and the ongoing legal battle. I think this is pretty decent with respect to showing notability.

Less helpful post 2022-sources: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Coverage is, to my taste, excessively local, but Pittsburgh is the second largest city in a large state so... eh. More importantly is that the later coverage is analytical with respect to the shooting's relationship with Airbnb. Not sure if it's enough, so not yet going to vote either way. This did result in a law change (as the first piece shows). Maybe merge somewhere, but can't think of a target. PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:27, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think that sort of adds something to it, but as you said, this coverage is all fairly local. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:57, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hence why I did not vote keep. It did get some coverage nationally and internationally when it happened (not that that matters as much in the age of the internet as it did when NEVENT was written, but it's something). Depth is also an issue as when there's only one really in depth piece I'm not sure if it's possible to write a decent article, which is the most important thing at the end of it. NEVENT is a mix of a bunch of factors, but I guess my vote taking them into account would be delete. PARAKANYAA (talk) 08:41, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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