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Ahmed Mohamed (student)

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Delete WP:SINGLEEVENT Action Hero Shoot! 10:22, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Comment: I agree with your argument (see my !vote below) but I believe you mean't the incident sparked massive outrage, not this article. Thank you for your participation here, sincerely! Juneau Mike (talk) 15:05, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
@Michaelh2001:, Aah yes, my mistake. I meant incident, and ended up typing article. Oops. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 15:12, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep - WP:SINGLEEVENT is about "whether an article should be written about the individual, the event or both", it is not a standalone reason to delete an article about an individual. You possibly meant WP:BLP1E, but the follow-up reactions including a White House invitation would, I think, count as multiple events. --McGeddon (talk) 11:20, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep or move with redirect National significance and attention linked, at least by the media, with substantial existing sociopolitical factors. Not on the order of a flurry of articles about a person who rescued a kid from a burning building that doesn't give an impression of significance in the grand scheme of things. Likely to be cited for a long time ahead. —Largo Plazo (talk) 12:17, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
  • I appreciate the discussion of the event rather than the student being the notable topic here. When it comes to the choice of a name for the article, then I don't know that there's any more likely a name under which people would be searching for the article than the kid's name. Of course, his name could be redirected to the article under another title. The title notwithstanding, the topic is firmly notable. —Largo Plazo (talk) 15:50, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
I would also support a move to Arrest of Ahmed Mohamed. The event may be notable, but an article on the person is pretty clearly WP:BLP1E since there is nothing else that makes him notable. If he goes on to do other great things, then an article about Mohamed the person can be written then. shoy (reactions) 15:05, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
The event won't be notable the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow's football, Sunday is NFL, tonight's another Republican debate, Monday is probably Kardashian or Caitlyn Jenner. It was just an arrest: there will be no court case, no prosecution, no nothing. Drmies (talk) 14:49, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
That argument does not hold any water. An event is not notable just because it resulted in a prosecution. The event is notable because there is a very substantial number of sources both nationally and internationally covering the subject. - Cwobeel (talk) 14:12, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
The argument is very notable because it's a BLP violation to claim he was arrested when Texas law specifically says juveniles are not arrested §52.01(b) and page 7 of the document explains why "taken into custody" is not "arrested". --DHeyward (talk) 05:49, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep The majority of the coverage on this individual is not about the actual event that occured. Significant amount of coverage is about the other social issues surround the case that made the arrest possible. These social issues include bigotry and the risk-averse priorities that could have an impact on possible progress as well as a discussion on how much energy should be invested in national security, and when such investments go too far. Misplaced Pages has tens of thousands of articles and biographies on individuals who are notable primarily because of their social impact. Since the social impact of this particular incident affects society at large, including a particular age demographic and ethnic demographics, it seems to be encyclopedic to me. If not, all the delete voters should put their money where their finger tips are and also nominate/vote to delete other BLP articles on individuals whose main contribution is their social impact. Also, WP:CHANCE and WP:DONOTDEMOLISH would apply since much content could be added on his notable relatives besides the subsequent notable propositions that have been made. Kleinebeesjes (talk) 13:39, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete non notable individual. WP:BLP1E comet1440 (talk) 13:44, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep and consider renaming to Arrest of Ahmed Mohamed. It is not clear yet if the individual himself is notable enough to have an article, but the arrest of him is certainly notable. Also, this event has already spurred other events, such as invitation of Mohamed to the White House, the Toronto Science Fair, etc. And each of these future events will have multiple, reliable sources covering them, so this event's notability is not short-lived.VR talk 14:33, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep, possibly rename to incident. He does appear to be a member of a significant family, though, which could be a factor in keeping without renaming. BPK (talk) 15:20, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete. I support deleting this article, the person is only notable for this particular event. If you must keep, then change the name to something appropriate to the event instead of person since it is widely reported about event. The incident itself may be blown out of proportion because he is Muslim. There were similar incidents previously where alarm clocks in lockers were falsely reported. Thanks Rajkancherla (talk) 15:26, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
@Rajkancherla: Which is why three users including me have suggested renaming the article. Yes, the issue is an issue because of the boys religion. Otherwise, it would have never occurred. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 15:32, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Delete per Torchiest's rationale. -- Chamith (talk) 16:13, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep - I concur with User talk:Vice regent and User:Cwobeel above. We should keep the topic, but move the article name to Arrest of Ahmed Mohamed. The event has received significant coverage and is part of both a larger national discussion on race and religion as well as the history of the digital age (ie. stories about a young Steve Wozniak for example) - which makes it larger than a single news media event. In addition, as pointed out above, there are responses from President Obama, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and schools such as MIT. -Classicfilms (talk) 17:45, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
This is not a vote. Please provide a proper rationale along with your opinion.--Chamith (talk) 15:59, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not a valid justification for an article. Unless you would like to show me your crystal ball, I don't see how you can predict the future on where the "turning point" in US opinion was. This is just another incident of decades-old discrimination in the US. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 17:28, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
There are times when you can accurately predict significant coverage. For example: if a passenger plane with hundreds of people disintegrates in midair, you will know instantly that there will be significant coverage and it will be notable. Also please note OTHERSTUFF exists is a valid rationale at times: for example if a similar topic survives AFD, it can be successfully used in an OTHERSTUFF exists rationale. WhisperToMe (talk) 01:21, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 04:22, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 04:24, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

  • Strong keep Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of Train meant only for White people. That important incident made him to bring revolution through nonviolent protest throughout his life. Similarly the story of Ahmed Muhammad relates to daily humiliation of millions of Muslims from the hands of hypersensitive people and it may result in some kind revolution in thought process towards innocent muslims, who have to bear the brunt from every side. It's therefore, strongly advised to keep this article. User:Haseebahmadkhan (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:01, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete. BLP1E and TOOSOON. The incident is mentioned in the article on the school; that's sufficient until Mohamed establishes notability. Yngvadottir (talk) 10:06, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep - So obviously notable it hurts. May need to evolve into an article about the incident, but no way it should be deleted. ClareTheSharer (talk) 13:07, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep and rename - Remember Elián González (the Cuban boy). Ahmed Mohammad is likely to become more notable in the future just like Elián. I would worry about the so many real dumb articles that are not being deleted.--Krzyhorse22 (talk) 13:12, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS keeps being used as an argument in this AFD. Regardless, whether or not someone is "likely to become more notable" is wholly irrelevant. When they become notable, they can have an article. We don't try to predict notability. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 17:30, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
The issue is why on earth would a school in America do this to a 14 year old student? After learning it was not a bomb, police are called to get him arrested and also suspended from school. It's shocking to the whole world and that makes it notable.--Krzyhorse22 (talk) 20:19, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete per BLP1E. If there is more to come on this person it can be revisited. Coretheapple (talk) 14:28, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Comment Large number of sleeper accounts are coming here. This AFD is a joke. Old accounts with few edits became aware of this AFD?.112.79.36.212 (talk) 14:39, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete as the very definition of WP:BLP1E. Will you remember him a year from now? I suspect we'll see great things from him in the future, but he has not invented anything yet. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 17:24, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep. BLP1E/SINGLEEVENT does not mandate any particular outcome, but prescribes the criteria to be applied in particular circumstances like these. There's very little argument that the subject does not meet the GNG -- for good reason, since being the subject of front-page articles in virtually every major American newspaper and the subject of lead coverage in multiple national network evening news broadcasts is essentially irrefutable. The coverage raise two distinct sets of issues, the more prominent relating to Islamophobia, but also a less prominent but still quite important discussion regarding the barbarous stupidy of school officials who insist that their uninformed reactions to students who actually have done nothing wrong still justifies punishment. (For a rare example of school officials actually owning up to overreacting (albeit a bit grudgingly), see the update here .) This is the kind of discussion that makes reasonable outside observers view Misplaced Pages governance as idiocy. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo) (talk) 18:30, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep The events surrounding this individual in 2015 are highly significant to the USA and worthy of an article. If the article is not deemed to be worthy due to undue weight on a single event in the life of this otherwise not WP-noteworthy individual, the article should be renamed to reflect the event instead of the person. Again, keep the article, rename away from the person if needed. Rr parker (talk)
  • Keep and rename to perhaps Incident at MacArthur High School (2015). As being the events surrounding one person, WP:BASIC is exceeded and WP:PERP tells us that an article is not automatically disallowed by being a BLP1E. My thought is that this exceedingly well-sourced article should be less about the boy, and more about the ignorance and overreaction of those set in authority who do NOT understand the science or persons they were set to judge. The teacher messed up. The school administration messed up. The police messed up. Mistakes by authority happen, and such blatant errors need to be seen under a strong light. Sad that it took their errors to get him a presidential invite to The White House. Schmidt, 20:59, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep and rename to comply with BLP1E. The event here is significant as it is widely covered in diverse sources and meets criteria laid out at WP:EVENTCRIT. gobonobo 23:07, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep - People should only ask for a delete if they think there is no hope that there will ever be significant coverage of a subject. Once the President of the United States makes public statements in favor of this person, it's guaranteed that there will be significant coverage in the future, if not today. WhisperToMe (talk) 01:21, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Possibly keep & rename but protect. I just know this is going to be a hotbed for edit warring & POV-pushing from both sides of the issue (the people who cry "ISLAMOPHOBIA" and those who think there was a good reason to be suspicious of the kid). Rename to something like Michael Q. Schmidt suggested. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist (Follow my trail) 05:51, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Rename and rewrite - This should not be a biography. The incident is notable, the individual is not (possibly in the future). --George100 (talk) 07:48, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep/Rename: It can be kept because person is covered by many news papers across the world. Frankly speaking I wanted to create this article on that student. Anyway, but in any case instead of deleting, as per User:MichaelQSchmidt above renaming it to Incident at MacArthur High School (2015) can be a better option. (Or we can wait, Obama and Zuckerberg invited him, If Jimbo also invites him then it will be strong reason to keep this article. ) --Human3015  13:51, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep. ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:56, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep: I searched for Ahmed Mohamed on Misplaced Pages because I thought (rightly) that I would find a better digest of information on this case than in any single press outlet. Happy to see the article renamed, with a redirect from Ahmed Mohamed (student) Alarichall (talk) 15:28, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete or merge per the one-event rule; failing that we should rename the article to "Arrest of Ahmed Mohamed" or similar, because it's the event, not the individual, that possesses notability. I'd caution participants in this discussion to avoid arguments based on furthering social goals against xenophobia, because—as worthy a cause as that is—per neutral point of view it's not Misplaced Pages's place to be taking a stand on it. {{Nihiltres |talk |edits}} 15:51, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep The initial situation itself escalated, and then escalated into a notable socio-political event with a lawsuit probably in the offing. You never want to be on the wrong side of the phrase "the way the law is written," which is what happened to this kid, but it's both an excellent example of the law of unintended consequences and every cloud having a silver lining thanks to our saturated social media world -everyone has bandwidth. Too, some people simply have greatness, or at least fame, thrust upon them. I mean, jeeze, when I was 14, I wasn't even jacking off to Playboy yet! kencf0618 (talk) 20:26, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete As per WP:BLP1E and WP:NOTNEWS. Heyyouoverthere (talk) 21:40, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete WP:SINGLEEVENT I vote delete because this falls under a single event. Most of what people are getting outraged about falls under half-truths and not the complete picture. If FERPA did not exist, the school would have been able to put out more info but as of now they have not. How will this event look in 6 months? In a year? 2 years? 10 years? Are they mad because of the kid was detained because of the device? Because the device looked like something as defined under current Hoax Bomb law? Or are they looking for outrage for Islamophobia? The latter is the case for many it seems, especially those wikipedians in other countries and wanting to push their own POV. ThurstonHowell3rd (talk) 22:12, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
    A very snide/nasty comment to make about us non American editors. So we're POV pushing is it? --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 22:30, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
    Unbelievable comment and lack of WP:AGF. Your assumptions are misplaced, and only demonstrate a certain bias. Shameful. - Cwobeel (talk) 22:45, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Excuse, but ADHOM aside, I think the point being made is that this event is no longer "single" nor minimal, as it and now has far-reaching ramifications and existing wide coverage. See WP:NNEWS. The triggering event has become many and is worthy of coverage. Considering the involved parties and the responses, the event is more likely to have continuing ramifications and affect. The violation of civil rights and free speech and presidential attention assure that we need not speculate about what might exist in 2 months or 2 years or 10 years sparked by this event. Schmidt, 00:19, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Note: I really dislike that the nominator is a confirmed sockpuppet, and I question the efficacy of continuing an AFD created by someone with an agenda. I suggest it be closed by ANYONE as No consensus with leave to be re-opened by a non-sockpuppet. Schmidt, 22:25, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep (rename). This is indisputably a BLP1E, but the event is notable and needs an article. Arrest of Ahmed Muhammad seems like a good name. The use of changing the name is that it clarifies that we aren't providing a complete, balanced biography of the boy, but are looking at him through the lens of this event. Even so, I can definitely accept keeping it without a rename, should that be the consensus; deleting it would be unacceptable. Wnt (talk) 23:32, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Comment Note to Closing admin: AfD stats is not showing my !vote or that of FairView360s. Please do make due consideration. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 23:45, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Wait until the seven days are over. Compare this article's coverage and links to similar incidents involving Islamic (Muslim) and non-Muslim students. If it is deleted, then we can either make a note of it, in the news section, the day it occurred on Misplaced Pages's homepage, and/or mention it in a (quite substantial) division of his high school's Misplaced Pages article. I do agree that while receiving a personal invitation from MIT, Facebook, and Obama, and being featured in the major and minor presidential debates and in a White House press briefing and in overseas/national newspapers is somewhat big, it doesn't always translate into a definitive case of notoriety- these people and groups issue many statements and commentaries, some of which are archived and forgotten. Until a few years ago, I would normally have agreed with the statement that Misplaced Pages is not meant for trivial news or other stuff, but that argument by the administration can't carry as much weight as it did years ago, when we still had at least two or three major not-online, print encyclopedias- if not more- still readily available for purchase on a worldwide basis, and before Misplaced Pages, which is now taken somewhat more seriously, even in academics, than it used to be by the public as a well-cited news source, accumulated the huge amount of news information and other information on local and regional news and happenings that it now has on an almost uncountable number of domestic and international events of many kinds- a sort of online transnational mega-almanac and public record, as well as an encyclopedia. I do agree that this matter will get more attention because he's Islamic, but that doesn't change the fact that it has achieved worldwide public notice, at least for now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.215.153.31 (talk) 00:51, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete – Non-notable person, per WP:1E. RGloucester — ☎ 02:30, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:BLP1E and WP:NOTNEWS. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 03:10, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep: It is incredibly obvious that this topic is notable – to the degree that it is hardly worth saying. The fact that the notability is associated with a single event (or set of closely related events) may be a reasonable argument for renaming the article, but deleting the article completely would make no sense. As far as I know, there is currently no separate article about the incident and its repercussions. —BarrelProof (talk) 04:55, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • DELETE Straightforward, unequivocal example that should be deleted in full accordance with WP:BLP1E, and also WP:NOTNEWS WP:MINORS...all the keep votes violate WP:BLP1E and probably haven't read it for all its unambiguous worth. This is a story no one will remember a month from now...much less 10 years from now. Claiming this incident is notable or that it will have a lasting impact (or repercussions) is ludicrous. JackTheVicar (talk) 05:36, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
    Got it. All 30+ of us who have voted keep are ignoramuses who know jack about policies. Yes, we understand. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 09:54, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
    BLP1E says that for such individuals "it is usually better to merge the information and redirect the person's name to the event article." That is what I proposed in my Keep (merge) vote above. NOTNEWS says that breaking news "should not be treated differently" - it is not a call for the encyclopedia to be out of date. Wnt (talk) 11:11, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. Human3015  06:04, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
WP:WHATABOUTX isn't considered as a valid reason to keep/delete an article. -- Chamith (talk) 09:15, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
There is currently an active RM at Talk:Kim Davis (county clerk). Interested parties are hereby invited to participate in that. But that's about renaming the article, not deleting it. Here we should also keep in mind the difference between renaming something and deleting it – per my own prior comment recorded above. I suggest that it is obvious we will not conclude here to delete this article entirely, after its huge amount of associated news coverage and responses by prominent public figures. —BarrelProof (talk) 11:13, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
Update: That RM has been withdrawn, because apparently a content fork article (at Kentucky same-sex marriage license controversy) had already been created with the incident as the topic. The RM had been submitted without awareness of that, so it didn't really make sense (unless the other article were to be deleted, which seems unlikely at this point). —BarrelProof (talk) 16:51, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep -- Although I'm OK with renaming the article for the event, the information needs to be kept. This event has had too much coverage to let this article go away. (Oh, and Jimbo is watching this one per comments on his talk page, so be on your best behavior kids!) Etamni | ✉ | ✓  10:05, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete. The subject of this biography is known merely for being at the center of news story that has gotten attention lately, but one that is likely to be forgotten soon. Gnome de plume (talk) 10:39, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep I think that this is an important piece of information which says something about fears and paranoias of the time we live in. It would be probably not included in traditional encyclopedias, but we are different, and we should/can afford document and cover this story in a professional manner to preserve a more detailed picture of the time we live in for future generations. Deletion would be unconstructive and uncreative, in this case. Just my opinion. Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 10:44, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete. Clearly one event and "person should be covered in an article regarding the event, with the person's name as a redirect to the event article placing the information in context." (WP:PSEUDO). Gmcbjames (talk) 17:01, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
Because he wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • The event can be easily incorporated into another article with less than a couple of sentences with a redirect - putting the subject matter into proper context with appropriate weight. A separate article is a bit of a stretch for an event which will be forgotten by the next news cycle. Gmcbjames (talk) 19:51, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
Comment on Comment - you realize, I hope, that Google searches of the name and incident are driving traffic to the article. Additionally, within Misplaced Pages, Jimbo's talk page is one of the most watched talk pages on the entire site -- and this AfD was mentioned there, by Jimbo, so that will drive more traffic to this AfD than is normal. That said, regardless of each of our positions on the matter, we still need to remain civil. Etamni | ✉ | ✓  21:20, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep (and possibly rename). The incident is worth keeping; it has been covered in the national and international press. I don't feel strongly about the title though. "Ahmed Mohamed incident" would be fine. --Macrakis (talk) 18:31, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Comment All editors wanting to rename the article to "Arrest of Ahmed Mohamed" should realize the kid was never arrested, he was detained and taken into custody by the Irving PD. Regardless of what reliable sources have stated, he was not arrested. Further, how can any of you comment on the validity of the article if you don't even know the simple facts of the case? Methinks too many Misplaced Pages editors of late are social media news skimmers rather than actual students of what's truly going on in the world. Gawd. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 18:58, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete Nobody'll remember this in 10 years. WP:SINGLEEVENT and be done with it. Rcsprinter (converse) 19:07, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • @Rcsprinter123: It's not a biography, it's an article on an event. The title just happens to be that of the person involved. I'd move it myself, but I seem to recall that one isn't supposed to rename an article while the AFD is ongoing. And notability is not temporary. --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 19:15, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:NOTNEWS: "Misplaced Pages considers the enduring notability of persons and events." This is a classic storm-in-a-teacup that causes a short-lived media frenzy and will be forgotten in months. JohnCD (talk) 22:29, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
  • rename to the event this is going to be one of the lasting events in the "Racist Texans" narrative. If you think you need to arrest someone because you think they have a bomb, at a minimum you are going to evacuate the fucking school. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 23:20, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
In the state of Texas, hoax bombs are illegal, much like what would happen if you are in a TSA line at an airport and say "I have a bomb". They didn't have to believe it truly was a bomb for this kid to be detained, the device just looking like a bomb was enough for the police to be involved. See here for more. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 16:26, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
Your apologetics for racism wont make it any less a part of the world's view of Texas. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:03, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
He wasn't arrested, he was detained. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 04:12, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
OK, if you want to be technical... Detention of Ahmed Mohamed, then. Epic Genius (talk) 14:07, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Strong keep for the content. Obvious notability. It's not so clear that it belongs in its own article, though. I think there needs to be a single article addressing this incident, and the 2007 Boston Mooninite panic, and others of the kind. If the separate article is retained then it could be reached by a "main article" link off that one. Currently bomb scare redirects to bomb threat, but I'm thinking that combining the two concepts is exactly the kind of thinking that got the kid arrested. If nobody intended a threat, then it's not the same thing as a threat, and there should be an article going into the consequences when it's treated as one. --174.88.134.156 (talk) 04:07, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Rename to Ahmed Mohamed clock incident or similar. That avoids WV's oft-voiced concern about the legal terminology (possibly vs lay reporting and actual legal effect) of the word "arrest". Nothing about this person seems notable except this incident. But it is in lots of major national news, both the event itself and the resulting political response, soul-searching, social analysis, etc., relating to issues other than this person himself. So (at least for now) the event not the person would merit an article. If it winds up being ephemeral, we can always have a new RfD or merger discussion the future (which would take into account "notability not being transient" even if nobody winds up caring or talking about it later). Likewise, if the person himself spins this into a wider project or other activities (or somehow else becomes notable for other reasons entirely). DMacks (talk) 05:17, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep: He was handcuffed and moved to the police station; it was the arrest and the detention. The subject story is not the news that is the event, occurred with the subject because of his invention of the clock, the notable work of the Teener student. I do not doubt notability for the event of the subject that he passes. The suitable rename is Event of Ahmed Mohamed.Justice007 (talk) 06:07, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • The strongest of Keeps: Reasons have been mentioned before. I find it utterly hilariuos that some people are trying to put this under oneevent and Notnews category. These guys should understand that everything starts with "oneevent" and then snowballs. To be deleted from wikipedia after this much coverage on international media and long lasting effects on activism and possible changes to the law, anyone calling this a single event without longterm repercussions is just making his peers laugh out loud. FreeatlastChitchat (talk) 07:20, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete one event and not notable.--MONGO 08:00, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep Quite notable now. Yann (talk) 08:14, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:NOTNEWS and WP:BLP1E. Politrukki (talk) 08:31, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep, notability demonstrated by press coverage. Everyking (talk) 09:11, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete no notability, just temporary fame, It's a news event that will be forgotten in a few days and nobody care, we also delete this article in arwiki --Ibrahim.ID »» 10:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Delete WP:BLP1E and WP:NOTNEWS. See Zero tolerance (schools)#Media attention - there are other cases similar that this doesn't deserve coverage over, and other places a condensed version of the content can go. -- Callinus (talk) 12:38, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Comment: My compliments to whoever closes this. We've been thru this type of AfD very many times. But the early close by Bigtimepeace in Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Colorado balloon incident (October 2009) counsels the correct action. Close as no consensus and wait, though there is a strong argument to also move to an "event" name, as the subject is only notable for that event.--Milowent • 14:02, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • FYI to all: A request to change the title of the article to focus on the incident rather than the person has been submitted. Interested parties are hereby invited to participate in the discussion of the appropriate name that the article should have (if it is not deleted). The discussion of the name of the article should, at least primarily, take plate at Talk:Ahmed Mohamed (student) (not here). —BarrelProof (talk) 16:27, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
Wow. More canvassing from you? Really??? -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 16:30, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
I don't see this as canvassing to be honest. Given that several users who have !voted Delete have said they support an article about the event, BarrelProof is merely informing people here of the debate. I see nothing wrong with it. Why are you making such a big fuss about everything? The very fact that the article talk and the AfD are so long shows clearly that there is more to the article than just BLP1E. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 16:40, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
That is not canvassing. Anyone can participate at Talk:Ahmed Mohamed (student)#Requested move 21 September_2015. If the article is kept, the next step could be a move. - Cwobeel (talk) 17:27, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
If its "canvassing", its useful canvassing, WV. The event is going to be on wikipedia, let's give it a proper name. I heard you maybe don't like "Arrest"? LOL.--Milowent • 17:39, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Merge/Redirect. This is NOT a vote to delete, but I can't exactly vote to keep, either, as this doesn't really meet WP:BLP as would be required for an article with the child's name. On the other hand, the information about this event should remain in Misplaced Pages. It's a notable current event with potentially lasting encyclopedic value. -- JeffBillman (talk) 18:35, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Keep It's no longer WP:BLP1E The invitations from the president, MIT and various other institutions are separate events, notable, and covered in reliable sources. It makes sense to keep it as a stub and build it up as the already notable, reliably sourced invitations come to pass as additional events. Also, Hullaballoo makes a good point. Users will come here to find out what's known about the subject. There's enough here for a stub and we look stupid if we have nothing. Weak support for renaming to "Incident" if "Keep" doesn't garner the consensus it ought to. If so, his name should remain on the dab page, for people searching for him and unaware of the byzantine wikiways that got the article changed to "incident". But really, if one is building this encyclopedia for users, one should think about the way users will use the encyclopedia. Please note, this is not a case of WP:IAR. There's plenty of policy based analysis that would support a "keep". ONEEVENT, and BLP1E don't compel changing this to "Incident" or deleting it. NOTNEWS is just plain dumb as a reason. David in DC (talk) 19:33, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
I have a hard time seeing those as unrelated events. But they are all tied up in making the incident something that will have legs. "Cool clock" is likely to become a catch phrase.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:38, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
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