Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Westport Bombings (2011-2012)

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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 15:15, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Westport Bombings (2011-2012)[edit]

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Only refernence is wikipedia for this group. Poorly written hoax connects seperate events that, from references given and searches are unrelated (only feature is they happened in Westport. Possible WP:BLP violations as those contected in references and article are now connected to this "sectarism" violence, possibly even deserves a quick delete nom Murry1975 (talk) 09:46, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – Per nom and also not notable per WP:LASTING. This story was news at one time, but Wikipedia is not a news service. — Bill W. (Talk) (Contrib) — 12:54, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 16:18, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 16:18, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Terrorism-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 16:18, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:22, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete per Hoax. Snappy (talk) 12:50, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. While it is probably true that these incidents have been falsely connected, I think it's a little inaccurate to label the article a hoax. All the incidents clearly occurred. A hoax usually refers to something that has been entirely made up. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:38, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

All incidents DID NOT clearly occur. The intro states that "..killed one member of An Garda Síochána" (police force). This never happened, no police officer was killed in Westport. Next it says, "A Unionist paramilitary group, the Westport Unionist Force", no such group exists. Not only is it a hoax, its a very obvious hoax which doesn't merit further discussion and should be speedily deleted. Snappy (talk) 11:54, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As I said, the details may be inaccurate, but the incidents did occur. This is not a hoax. A hoax is when the incident has been entirely made up. This is more likely to be POV rubbish. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:33, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The "bombings" where smoke bombs being let-off, one Garda was stabbed in an unrelated incendent, now here is a blatant BLP violation. So no "bombings" happened and no one ws killed there. So the "incidents clearly occurred"? No they ddnt occur. If thisn is not a hoax artcile, I really cant see what would be. Murry1975 (talk) 17:32, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Necrothesp, have you actually read the article? No, the incidents did NOT occur. The second line of the article says a Garda (police officer) was killed in Westport, this DID NOT happen. This article made it up, therefore it is a hoax. End of. Snappy (talk) 18:09, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I have, but sadly I don't think you've read any of what I wrote above. Did the garda die? No, he didn't. Was he stabbed? Yes, he was. Was the attack on him therefore a hoax? No, it was not. Did all these attacks happen? Yes, they did. Are they therefore hoaxes? No, they are not. I'm not disputing that the details are grossly inaccurate. I'm not disputing that the linking of them is OR. I'm not disputing that this article probably needs deleting. What I am disputing is your claim that it's a hoax. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:36, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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