Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2015 Roye shooting

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The result was keep‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:39, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2015 Roye shooting

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Non-notable news story in violation of WP:NOTNEWS. Not a subject of WP:SUSTAINED coverage or secondary analysis. Fails WP:EVENTCRIT. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 17:49, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Crime, Events, and France. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 17:49, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Extensive coverage years after the event here, here, here, here, here, here. Also discussed to a decent extent in this government report on mass shootings and weapon acquisition in Europe here. Most of the in depth coverage is in French as would be expected. PARAKANYAA (talk) 20:23, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've expanded it a bit. If the article survives the AfD I'll try to expand it more. Seems to have been a hate crime against the Romani which gives it more relevance, in addition to the coverage PARAKANYAA (talk) 20:15, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Wikipedia needs to take a world wide view of crime. According to the linked report, a suspect was arrested, so presumably the suspect will be dealt with by the French criminal justice system, which probably won't be reported in the English media. In some English speaking countries, with stricter gun controls than the United States, shooting of a policeman and a family would be considered a notable event, even if it was just news. Questions would be asked why did this happen? Compare 2023 Auckland shooting, for example. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 22:00, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This is one of the few mass shootings articles that I think actually meet the criteria in WP:NEVENT. It led to identifiable, WP:LASTING effects and commentary. The nature of the hate crime and the murderer's remorse only for the sole police victim and not for the Romani is notable. The sheer irony of building a training facility for police attack dogs at a camp that saw the mass-murder of travellers is also striking. Cheers, Last1in (talk) 14:43, 6 November 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.