The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:10, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Shooting of Kian Loyd delos Santos[edit]

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

WP:NOT#NEWSPAPER. Just one of the drug-related murder cases in the Philippines that is sensationalized by the mainstream media Slightlymad (talk) 11:59, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 13:04, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 13:04, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 13:04, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Asia-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 13:05, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, at least for now, the death has implications to the Philippine Drug War in particular. The case itself has been used as a big leverage by opposition figures against the campaign and even DOJ secretary Aguirre has ordered the NBI to probe the case. The reactions to the subject death is notable.Hariboneagle927 (talk) 04:50, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - No longer sensationalistic. The shooting incident has reached the national level, and there is no doubt that the 16-year old's death has raised enough controversy and public outrage, from the general public to human rights groups, celebrities, and the national government. The national government calling for a probe to the death of that teenager in an antidrug operation makes it already notable enough, given its implications to the war on drugs. I agree with Hariboneagle927.-TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 07:46, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - the incident has received more than enough variety and prolonged coverage to pass WP:GNG. Inter&anthro (talk) 06:04, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Not an ordinary drug-related killing or as they say, extrajudicial killing (EJK). It has really big implications and notability (as said by commenters above) on the nation's war on drugs. This very killing has even reached the international media. Both executive and legislative branches of the Philippine government are calling for an investigation. ~Pog ing Juan 08:48, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as other users above and User:Jollibinay on their talk page: "Slightlymad by this reasoning, 2017 Ozamiz police raid, Death of Rolando Espinosa, and Kidnapping and killing of Jee Ick-Joo should also be nominated for deletion. Jollibinay (talk) 13:46, 19 August 2017 (UTC)"[reply]

This particular incident related to the Philippine Drug War has reached both the national and international level of news coverage. Kian Loyd delos Santos' death and its consequences have similar notability as the aforementioned articles by Jollibinay. --a u t a c o i d ^(stalk) 07:16, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently, the deletion looks like a whitewash of several of those notable deaths in the drug war, in my opinion. While most EJK cases are not notable, the Espinosa, Jee Ick-joo, Parojinog, and delos Santos cases are notable, given the implications to the drug war and strong condemnation (including calls to end the antidrug campaign). Calling all EJK cases, including extraordinary cases like those above, non-notable and just sensational would look like bias against them already.

There is a similar whitewashing on Portal:Current events/2017 August 20 by an IP (registered to PLDT), calling the delos Santos shooting case "non-essential news", but connecting it with Slightlymad is all bad faith. I reverted the IP edits there, plus I added a general notice added to the IP's talk page.-TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 08:27, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - this has been the big topic of conversations (online and IRL) by the expatriate Filipino community, and the incident that's triggered massive protests supported by the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. It's not just one day's news cycle. Bearian (talk) 16:20, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - for common sense's sake. Wakari07 (talk) 17:45, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Wakari07: And if you're not aware, there are attempts by some IP's to censor out again those related to the reactions to the delos Santos case again on the current events portal, specifically those on August 20 and August 21. Well, all of us agree that the article must be kept as it gained already enough notability already.-TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 17:51, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - It's sparked massive protests and is being discussed internationally. Sunomi64 (talk) 21:19, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – The event is evidently significant enough to warrant its own article. CentreLeftRight ✉ 04:22, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete That's not to say the article should be deleted, but an AfD looks rather pointless if nobody's at least suggesting as much. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:29, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.