Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Montgomery County, Pennsylvania shootings
I wish some editors would read our |event notability guidelines. In fact, given that Mr Mitchell mentioned ''The New York Times'', I can report that this story only appeared on page A18, which is indicative of its lack of significance. First of all,  applies. It says that "notable events" usually have a wide impact across a wide region. This event has not had such an impact. Our event notability guidelines also require that an event have  of coverage, and not just be covered in passing. One small article on page A18 of ''The New York Times'' indicates that there was no depth of coverage, even on the day after the event. Our event guidelines also require that an event have  effects. This event has no historical significance. It is a one-off run-of-the-mill crime. These events are quite frequent. People must remember that we are , and not a police blotter either. The event guidelines require diversity of coverage as well, in . It says "Significant national or international coverage is usually expected for an event to be notable. Wide-ranging reporting tends to show significance, but sources that simply mirror or tend to follow other sources, or are under common control with other sources, are usually discounted". Clearly we do not have this diversity here, and as it says, wire reports do not show diversity of coverage. Also note , which requires that "Notable events usually receive coverage beyond a relatively short news cycle". Of course, this "news cycle" has already passed, as this event has fallen out of the news, and never was of top importance in the world. Overall, this article fails all of our event notability criteria, and must be deleted. The above editor says we should "keep it just for now", but this is a violation of 
— User:RGloucester, 18:08, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:EVENT||WP:GEOSCOPE||WP:DEPTH||WP:LASTING||WP:NOTNEWS||WP:DIVERSE||WP:PERSISTENCE||WP:CRYSTAL (Wikipedia:Notability)