Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death of Lubunga Lumenge

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Comments are equally divided by Keep and Delete, but the Delete side has made the very good point that there is little evidence that this is not simply a new story (NOTNEWS/ONEEVENT). (Comment aside from closing remarks) I am not from the USA, but based on this article I could probably write an article about pretty much every murder in my home country. Black Kite (talk) 18:54, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Death of Lubunga Lumenge

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Tragic, but no more notable than any of the thousands of gun deaths reported on every year. Nswix (talk) 01:31, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tennessee. Nswix (talk) 01:31, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This is a well sourced article about an event with WP:SIGCOV. The WP:RECENT guideline is simply a reminder to give equal weight to recently occuring events, not a prohibition on covering them, provided they meet notability guidelines, which this article appears to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patr2016 (talk • contribs) 02:25, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It's WP:REFBOMB'd. They found every single local and Christian article mentioning this and just added them all. Nswix (talk) 02:39, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Crime, and Events. Skynxnex (talk) 16:36, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. There does not seem any valid reason to delete this article.-- Toddy1 (talk) 20:07, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I don't see any reason to delete this, and other users have mentioned its significance, and I have copy edited it so it has good grammar and spelling. Although I did feel it was WP:REFBOMBd, the amount of references seemed way too much for me.Vamsi20 (talk) 00:12, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:NOTNEWS/ROUTINE. A man who worked as a pastor was murdered in a major American city, and this was reported on by local media and various Christian-oriented outlets of dubious churnalistic unoriginal quality. All we know is who he was and where his body was found. Is this really worthy of an encyclopedia article? Is there any lasting significance to this killing? -Indy beetle (talk) 21:03, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris ^talk! 01:42, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete A regrettable event. WP:ONEEVENT, NOTNEWS and refbombed with involved local/special interest media and generally spotty sources as noted above by others. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 09:16, 4 April 2023 (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.