Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samnang Kok

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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 redirect to Henry Foss High School. John254 18:40, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Samnang Kok

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Not notable. Only claim of notability is that he was killed in a school - and there are many who fit this description who do not deserve a Wikipedia article. KazakhPol 00:17, 4 January 2007 (UTC) KazakhPol 00:17, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep. "I agree that it is not a memorial but the event is very significant, I think we should keep the article." Tblore 07:07, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. "Wikipedia is not a memorial". Sam Blacketer 00:28, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom Jaranda wat's sup 00:51, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Change my vote to Redirect to Henry Foss High School as Tacoma High School Shooting is likely going to end up redirected there. Jaranda wat's sup 06:06, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
I doubt the event is very notable as it's only one victim, likely going to get afd it's self Jaranda wat's sup 01:37, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
I dunno... W. R. Myers High School shooting is still there. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 19:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I would suggest deleting the article on the shooting too. WP does not need articles on every shooting that happens, and with only 1 person being killed it's not really notable. TJ Spyke 02:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep So what if there was only one person killed? A human life is valuable, and a horrible death this way should not be forgotten. Please have a heart. Benlumberkid 03:32, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete No one is saying his life was not of value. However, there are MANY horrible deaths every single day and all of them can not be listed here. If we keep this article, then it could be argued to include every single homicide as notable, however unfortunate, but let's face it, NOT notable. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.134.56.20 (talk) 03:49, 4 January 2007 (UTC).
  • Speedy redirect to Tacoma High School Shooting or Henry Foss High School. No notability outside of this school shooting incident, but no reason to deny researchers the ability to look up this event by this name either. Silensor 04:39, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and/or Rewrite. This article is very notable and I'll tell you why. Up until now, Tacoma has never faced a major massacre attack outside of the 2006 Tacoma Mall shooting, which ended in no deaths. Also, this news of Kok's death is very recent and will have more information added later, I'm sure. For instance, every 20 minutes more and more information on the massacre is coming out. In fact, just a while ago we've learned the gunman's name. As time unravels, this article will become very notable and will have much information for a nice and worthy article. I created this article as a way for people to learn more about this situation as it unravels and eventually create a great article. Also, this death has more shock factor and worth than any plain death. This boy died in his school, a place which should have been safe for him. And yes, even though school shootings are becoming more and more common each day, this death is quite rememerable and important, as it shows the very first major massacre in Tacoma which has in the end shoved a major city of 200,000 into distraught. Please keep this article as it will soon be very notable indeed. Jacrio 21:08, 3 January 2007 (PST)
Comment - learning more about the situation should be part of the Tacoma High School Shooting. So there doesn't need to be a separate article on the victim of the shooting. -- Whpq 17:50, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, Tacoma rocks though. --Liface 05:24, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete "This boy died in his school, a place which should have been safe for him." Of course it should, but shouldn't everywhere have been safe for him. Regrettably, not sufficiently notable. PatGallacher 10:59, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Tacoma High School Shooting. Any notability for this individual is inextricably related to the shooting, and as such there shouldn't be an article independent of the shooting article. -- Whpq 17:50, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Tacoma High School Shooting. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 19:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Tacoma High School Shooting. WP is not a memorial site. If multiple independent sources are found, an article could be recreated. Not everything which is tragic or a big news headline for a few days needs an encyclopedia article, since this is not Wikinews, and only things of enduring importance should be included. Reprints of the same wire service story or updates to a breaking story do not count as multiple sources. Edison 20:20, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Tacoma High School Shooting and merge in anything of worth. --MatthewUND(talk) 10:15, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect not notable. I don't think there's any possibility that this article could be expanded beyond a couple of sentences using reliable sources. GabrielF 01:13, 6 January 2007 (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.