Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hatla airstrike

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The result was delete. clpo13_(talk) 18:09, 10 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hatla airstrike

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I could find no further sources to cover this supposed air strike. If "hundreds" had really died from gas as the Syrian army claims then in 3 weeks there would have been confirmation. This fails WP:SUSTAINED and does not meet the criteria for notability for an event. this article contravenes WP:NOTNEWS. Domdeparis (talk) 12:39, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hatla chemical attack, which was speedy kept. I do not see that notability was seriously considered during the short time that AfD was open, though. VQuakr (talk) 01:13, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Given the dearth of confirmation that this was a real event at all, this utterly fails WP:10YT. It also fails the notability guideline at WP:GNG since no sources have been found that are intellectually independent of the original, unsubstantiated Syrian govt claim. VQuakr (talk) 01:17, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:03, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:03, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Syria-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:03, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for failing WP:V and WP:EVENT. We have a statement by Syria that has not been independently verified as true. Reliable sources cover the resulting dispute of the facts but that coverage fades away at the end of the news cycle. The most charitable assessment would be the fog of war. For our purposes, this is non-notable propaganda. • Gene93k (talk) 00:31, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- this is similar to the Bowling Green massacre, only without the cultural impact. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:37, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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