Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia coverage of firearms

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Whilst it may be sourced this looks like editorializing. As well as a veiled attack page on WikiProject Firearms. Blatant soapboxing Slatersteven (talk) 12:24, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep One in the eye for the US gun lobby and our clearly NRA influenced arms in Merkia coverage. -Roxy, the dog. wooF 12:32, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The subject meets WP:GNG with several independent articles in various newspapers. There are additional sources that I did not use, such as a report by the Action on Armed Violence discussing the "criminal use" section of WP:Firearms. The AOAV does research into gun violence and civilians; its reports have been used by independent media, such as Vice News. The organization has collaborated with the Harvard Law School, therefore it can probably be considered an RS. It's true that the reporting on this has been critical, but I dispute the idea that this is an attack page. Catrìona (talk) 13:22, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The subject is entirely circular and will just be a running commentary. Wikipedia mirroring itself via filtration through a select few press organizations. Cesdeva ^(talk) 13:54, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Per nominator. Additionally, the discussion doesn't meet WP:GNG. The articles aren't independent. Three of the sources just refer back to the original Verge article as their only source. Any editor willing to do the leg work will see that article is full of factual errors because the author didn't bother to follow the related talk page discussions. But I think the concerns regarding soapbox and editorializing (as well as attacking active editors) are all legitimate. Springee (talk) 14:46, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]