Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Puppy-throwing Marine viral video

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:27, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Puppy-throwing Marine viral video

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This is a clear cut case of WP:NOTNEWS, as all coverage simply covered it as it happens and that's it. Only other things were passing mentions in books that don't cover this event in a lasting point of view. Beerest355 Talk 23:47, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails WP:NEVENT (I think this is the appropriate one?). Ansh666 02:26, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:NEVENT failure; thing happened, perps get fired, life goes on. Nothing more than that and all coverage was confined to the days after the event. Nate • (chatter) 04:35, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Beerest355 Talk 11:19, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:14, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:14, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There are two reasonably reliable books mentioning the episode well after the original news flurry, analyzing it in a broader context. This makes it meet WP:NEVENT: it received widespread coverage (at the moment of the event) and also subsequent analysis and discussion. -- cyclopia^speak! 09:30, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- It's this one and this one, right? IMO, both give just a passing mention, so it's really borderline. Ansh666 23:07, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - It's enough to show it's used as a prominent example, and that it is remembered well after the news flurry. The news and the passing mentions alone wouldn't be enough, but together they strengthen each other, IMHO. -- cyclopia^speak! 13:15, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, the two sources found by Cyclopia are really, really slight mentions, and I don't feel comfortable saying that this passes WP:NEVENT just based on those two sources; otherwise, there is no real lasting repercussions to this event.--TKK ^{bark !} 12:24, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no lasting or broader significance of what was a distasteful but minor incident. The Whispering Wind (talk) 02:21, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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