Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/YouTube cat abuse incident
There seems to be a consensus to keep such articles with much 3rd party mention, even if the issue may well be forgotten in a decade or so (or very much sooner).  There was recently a snowfall in the UK which hit Wiki's front page.  If Wiki is a repository of the world's knowledge, it could also be an archive of such events, even if there might be some issues with ethnocentrism.  I would say keep as per 
— User:Power, 12:13, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOTPAPER (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)