Deletion of Editing 2009 DC Snowball Fight Gun Controversy

Comment: per . Non-notable local news item
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: per . Police screwups occur every day, and in the sbsence of significant controversy or consequences there's no reason for a COATRACKy article that does little more than point at the nn officer involved
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: per .  This is news fodder, and in the grand scheme of things, nothing is lost as WikiNews already picked up on it, as they should
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Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: to Snowball fight. Turqoise127 is wilfully misreading the guidance at , which is the appropriate guideline for this kind of article. I should know, I helped write the guideline. Despite widespread coverage and a diversity of sources, there's no indication that it'll have a lasting effect, and the coverage directly about it and outside the immediate locality petered out after the 23rd (so coverage is hardly persistent). It can be mentioned briefly in the main snowball fight article, the level of detail the article goes into is ridiculous
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:EVENTS)

Comment: per .  The fact that an incident briefly catches people's attention doesn't make it encyclopedically notable.  This is why we don't have an article on http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/a-stylish-state-dinner-with-typos/ 2009 White House dinner menu typo controversy.  If this becomes more than a minor two-day event in the news, there'll be plenty of time to make an article about any genuine "controversy" that comes about
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: It appears to me that everyone above that has said  does not apply due to it being reported by other abroad news sources hasn't read the policy. In fact the policy does not even mention anything in relation to where coverage takes place. I have decided to post the policy here for your clarification
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: News stories report that an off-duty cop got mad because a snowball hit his Humvee (personal car or department??) and he exited the vehicle with a pistol in his hand, aimed downward. In the Boston Massacre, Americans threw snowballs at British troops, who shot and killed 5 of the snowball throwers, helping to spark the American Revolution. In this case, good judgment prevailed,  no shots were fired, and the incident petered out.  Delete per , due to a lack of enduring notability. Cops carry guns, and in a potential riot situation, unholstering it seems like a reasonable response, if not the very best one
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: This was widely reported in the UK as major news.   is therefore not applicable as that just deals with routine, local matters.  We have abundant notability and notability does not expire because the sources which are the basis of notability do not disappear - they can only grow in number
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: per .--Special:Contributions/24.201.13.148|24.201.13.148
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)