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The result was merge‎ to List of political self-immolations#2020s. This incident is already mentioned at the target article but this is a Merge in case any additional information is deemed relevant. It then can be Redirected. Liz Read! Talk! 22:50, 31 May 2024 (UTC) reply

Self-immolation of Maxwell Azzarello (  | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – ( View log | edits since nomination)
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Here we are, a month after Azzarello's death and there's no evidence of lasting coverage or information about his significance to merit a merger elsewhere. The most recent coverage, also represented in the article, is of the donation of his kidneys. A redirect to List_of_political_self-immolations#2020s where this is mentioned is probably more than sufficient. The AfD was well attended, but explicitly allowed revisiting it, so bringing it back here. Star Mississippi 18:13, 24 May 2024 (UTC) reply

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Merge to List of political self-immolations, per my comment in the previous AFD. Like I said there: "Yes, it did receive coverage in the news, but a lot of the coverage is  WP:PRIMARYNEWS sources, and that does not automatically make a news story notable. I'd actually argue that this violates  WP:NOTNEWS. For a news story to be notable, it needs to have  WP:LASTING effects, which haven't been proven here yet. Furthermore, I have  WP:BLP1E concerns about the existence of this article. While it's unfortunate that this man was driven to self-immolate based on a conspiracy theory, this would be a  WP:MILL event if it were not for the venue of the self-immolation, outside a courthouse in NYC where Trump is being tried. I'm not seeing why we need a separate article, as opposed to mentioning this incident in another article, per  WP:NOPAGE." I still don't see much lasting coverage; it's being mentioned in passing, but almost all sources are from a month ago. – Epicgenius ( talk) 15:45, 26 May 2024 (UTC) reply
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