Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of mass killers with US military education

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The result was delete. postdlf (talk) 15:24, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of mass killers with US military education

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I honestly fail to see the importance or relevance of this topic. Do we really need a list of multiple murderers in the U.S. who have military training or education? What purpose is that knowledge supposed to serve? Parsley Man (talk) 04:18, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I see no evidence that reliable sources discussing mass murderers analyze whether or not they had US military education. Is that something more than basic training? Lee Harvey Oswald, who killed two people, is on the list. I thought that the FBI definition of "mass murderer" was five or more. One entry has three poorly formatted references and the rest have none. The list seems intended to push the POV that those who have US military training are somehow more likely to become mass murderers than those who don't. We would need the highest quality reliable sources to make such an assertion. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:41, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:30, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:30, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete, the "list" is a stretch as to relevancy and relationship to the act and "military education". Kierzek (talk) 14:06, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete To make things even harder to figure out, is this limited to those educated at the official military academis, like West Point and Anapolis, or do we include those educated at VMI. If we include the later, do we include those who went through the ROTC program. What reasons exist for any of these three possible definitions.John Pack Lambert (talk) 08:01, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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