Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kabul gurdwara attack

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DTM (talk) 09:12, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

March 2020 Kabul attack

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Not news, no sustained coverage. On the same day there was another bomb attack. Too many incidents like this in Afghanistan. Should remain in the Lists articles and not as a standalone. DTM (talk) 14:40, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Afghanistan-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 14:55, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Terrorism-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 14:55, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 14:55, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 14:56, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

• Keep seems noteworthy, while there are a lot of terror attacks in Kabul there aren’t a ton which have targeted the Sikh minority. A quick google also suggests that there is more coverage of the event than is currently included in the sources. Horse Eye Jack (talk) 15:12, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

• Keep I am usually for deleting these Kabul attacks. But this one is definitely notable and is worth keeping. 11S117 (talk) 15:18, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

• Keep It's true that a lot of attacks happen in Afghanistan. But most attacks are carried out by Taliban against defense forces, not attacks against Sikh. The attack also got a lot of news coverage in the world, so in my opinion it's definitely notable.Lukasvdb99 (talk) 16:28, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

• Keep Sikhs are a religious minority in Afghanistan who were forced to wear armbands denoting their minority status during Taliban rule. The attack targeted their place of worship. This is not a run-of-the-mill incident in a conflict-ridden nation and has received a lot of coverage in India. This group is a potential beneficiary of the Indian Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 due to their persecuted minority status. — Last Contrarian (talk) 18:29, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
• Keep - definitely notabel for now per WP:GNG.BabbaQ (talk) 19:02, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
• Keep per WP:RAPID passes WP:GNG now the question whether it is lasting cannot be decided at this point.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 19:36, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
• Snow keep - there is no chance that this article will be deleted. This mass shooting is highly notable for several reasons. It's ridiculously early to claim that there hasn't been sustained coverage. The fact that many attacks have occurred in Afghanistan does not mean that individual attacks aren't notable. If it did, we'd have to delete most of our articles about mass shootings in the US & Mexico as well as most of those about bombings in the UK & Spain. Prior to this article being created, the nominator wrote an article about the same attack - Kabul Sikh temple attack - then redirected it. Jim Michael (talk) 19:52, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
• Keep Notable as an example of discrimination against Sikhs.--Catlemur (talk) 20:00, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
• Keep, Sikhs are a minority in Afghanistan, also, as said above, if a shooting in a remote town in i.e. Alabama leaves 1 dead, there's an article and no discussion. We should be deleting most U.S. shooting articles if we delete this one. --CoryGlee (talk) 20:10, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
• Keep - per above, clearly a notable event, article needs expansion, not deleting. Inter&anthro (talk) 23:52, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
• Note Article moved to Kabul gurdwara attack.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 00:52, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

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.