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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 05:27, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Crime in Alice Springs[edit]

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An attack page. Selective picking from a few sensationalist beat ups of a short term rise in crime. A tabloid style piece promoting a cause, trying to make a town look bad. This article does not reflect the story of crime in Alice Springs, it's just an agenda pushing read on a news event. duffbeerforme (talk) 10:09, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think that it is necessary that there is an article under this title, as Alice Springs does indeed have major crime problems. However the current content on the article is utterly biased and could easily be seen as racist, wheter this is the intention or not, stating that the main problem with crime is due to the black Aboriginal people. The article is needed but it needs to be completly rewritten, or deleted and recreated anew. User Talk:Pingu.dbl96 —Preceding undated comment added 10:17, 9 May 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Merge with Alice Springs. It seems well sourced, but I don't think we need an independent article about crime in a town of 27,000 people. --Anthem of joy (talk) 12:22, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. -- Bduke (Discussion) 01:42, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and Redirect to parent article, Crime in the Northern Territory which needs the content. SteveStrummer (talk) 18:09, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:27, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm against a merge. This poorly sourced page does not in any way reflect the true story of crime in Alice Springs, it is a short snapshot that you get from the news and Wikipedia is not the news. This info is sensationalist and misleading where ever it may be. duffbeerforme (talk) 09:58, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Notable topic, other Australian cities have similar articles. Ignorant Armie s 08:38, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Articleworthy topic. Censorship for political correctness is not what Wikipedia is about. Moondyne (talk) 14:41, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - per Moondyne.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:24, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- seems well sourced and factual. - Longhair\^talk 09:14, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - per Moondyne and Longhair Satu Suro 15:33, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Groundless nomination. Trantsbugle (talk) 16:20, 16 May 2011 (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.