Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2019 Tel Aviv rocket strike

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The result was no consensus. Leaning towards Keep Catfish Jim and the soapdish 14:27, 23 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 Tel Aviv rocket strike

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This reads more like a news report, and with no casualties, I fail to see how notable this will be in a week or longer. Andise1 (talk) 00:21, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Israel-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 02:02, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 02:02, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Draft:List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2019, once that hits mainspace. I agree that it's doubtful that this will have enough coverage to meet WP:NEVENT. ansh 666 03:28, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per nominator. That is precisely what that list (and its predecessors in years) was created for. Debresser (talk) 16:55, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Ansh666. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 19:19, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Merge get on with it. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:28, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Not enough 'meat' for its own article.50.111.50.240 (talk) 23:30, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to list (once the list makes it to mainspace) and keep until then --DannyS712 (talk) 23:47, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Merging a reviewed article with 1500 views per day into a declined draft makes no sense. It fails WP:COPYWITHIN if it's deleted per WP:R2, and it fails WP:MERGE. This article has twice as many characters as the declined draft, so it would make more sense to merge the declined draft into this article instead of the other way around. With regards to the actual argument, this still has WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE e.g. [1], and per WP:RAPID should not be deleted (at least a merge should be considered, or even a redirect). wumbolo ^^^ 11:10, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Cleaerly notable (unlike short range strikes which are not). Wide international coverage, diplomatic ramifications, and RAPID applies. Probably will have LASTING - these heavy rocket launches are rare (also during the 2014 war - there were only a handful). Merging to a draft does not make sense.Icewhiz (talk) 21:07, 18 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - to concerns that merging with a draft doesn't make sense, once this material is merged in, the draft article would unambiguously become eligible for mainspace (IMO, at least). Also, I don't see evidence of continuing coverage beyond the 17th, only 2 days after the conclusion of the event and now 2 days ago. ansh 666 07:27, 19 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Continuing coverage - [2][3][4] and even Kim Kardashian will not go to Israel because of the shelling. Icewhiz (talk) 14:17, 19 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Those are all opinion pieces in local media. The international media forgot about this days ago past its typical routine coverage. ansh 666 18:12, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Untrue. Today's international coverage : Do Israeli Jewish Lives Even Matter to the Media?; Mom of four: Here's why I turned my bomb shelter into a playroom.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:27, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the post-game analysis has begun: Last week’s rocket fire on Tel Aviv reflects schism within Hamas.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:36, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

21 March: Why were rockets fired toward Tel Aviv?.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:09, 22 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:RAPID and WP:SIGCOV that has been worldwide and intense - with diplomatic activity and impact that cannot be fully assessed so soon - which is why RAPID applies. This was NOT the sort of ROUTINE, short-range rocket attack that is appropriately merged into a list.E.M.Gregory (talk) 09:55, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE today: Amos Harel: "After the launch of two rockets at the Tel Aviv area during a meeting of Hamas leaders and an Egyptian delegation, the visiting intelligence officials provided an explanation that was convenient for all sides: The rockets were fired by mistake during maintenance work. Talking to experts, it turns out that this is possible. So is this what really happened?..."; plus discussions in several other publications today. E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:18, 22 March 2019 (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.