The result was No consensus, default to Keep. Almost a tie between the numbers of Keep and Delete votes. It was hard to make out any strong policy grounds for either the keep or delete position; it seemed to boil down to each person's judgment as to whether the event would have any long-term significance. Since the sources are adequate, there is no reason for the closing admin to override the popular vote, which is No Consensus. EdJohnston ( talk) 05:13, 5 November 2008 (UTC) reply
Now that the dust has settled, I bring this article back for consensus to delete or merge to somewhere. This is the third nomination. Concerns have been expressed by more than one editor that this event fails
WP:NOT#NEWS. In short, the article seems to fall within the category of newsworthy but
unencyclopaedic events.
The poor victims are our everyday tourists (and guide) to a Beijing beauty spot, and our assailant is an everyday madman. The attack happened in Beijing during the olympic games, and enjoyed a certain amount of publicity for that reason, and that 2 of the victims were related to members of the US Olympics squad. Todd Bachman namespace redirects here due to the sentiment that he fails WP:BLP1E. The consensus over at Concerns and controversies over the 2008 Summer Olympics appears to be that the event was not causally related to the games, and should not appear.
What is more, there is the long-running disagreement as to an appropriate title for the article, and the article's name has been changed 18 times, I believe. Consensus on the name has stalled, probably for the lack of interest, now that the games are over. I move to delete. Ohconfucius ( talk) 02:54, 30 October 2008 (UTC) reply