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The result was keep. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:01, 24 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2017 Pratapgarh lynching[edit]

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Per Wikipedia:Notability#Events. Looks like a usual news-event to me. I see problem with WP:GNG. Yes, one man died because of lynching by Muncipality employees. And it got some coverage in media. But what is that so notable to have an encyclopedia article for this? Neither the motive, nor the aftermath has any notable worth. Tyler Durden (talk) 21:13, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:51, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:51, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:51, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep per WP:NORUSH. I'm not sure exactly whether or not this article should be kept but it's worth noting that this is still being covered in the media four days later which might satisfy WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE but only time will tell. There was also a five-day sit-in following the incident. The WP:VICTIM was a notable social media activist, which might garner some need for an article, but I don't live in India so I'm not sure how notable he really was. Kamalthebest (talk) 08:27, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Violation of WP:SYNTH, WP:OR to make this subject look any notable. Finally WP:NOTNEWS. Capitals00 (talk) 08:17, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep It is a no brainer. Google news already has over 1000 news items devoted to this. The Hindu nationalist chief minister of Rajasthan has moreover made it more newsworthy by tweeting controversially notable things after the murder of a Muslim Indian man in Pratapgarh. It is related to another major problem in north India: open defecation. I don't need to go on. The AfD is a waste of time. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 15:28, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Continued coverage. Also, this is a lynching by "municipal officials", something that is most certainly notable. RileyBugz^会話_投稿記録 21:27, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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