Talk:2019 Mall of America murder attempt

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A fact from 2019 Mall of America murder attempt appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 March 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that a five-year-old boy thrown from a third-floor balcony in the Mall of America was released from the hospital just in time for his first day of kindergarten? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2019 Mall of America murder attempt.

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@Brian Kendig this is a new article so this page shouldn't be deleted. (I just added the background section). I intend to expand it. I just added info that's NOT covered in the Mall of America article. Cyber the tiger 🐯 (talk) 16:56, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Still, the "Notable criminal incidents" section of the parent article contains paragraphs for four other incidents, and appears to cover them adequately. What about this specific incident merits it having its own article? How else do you intend to expand it? - Brian Kendig (talk) 20:43, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Other incidents like this, such as the recent ALCS shooting have their own article. Cyber the tiger 🐯 (talk) 21:56, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The other incidents aren't quite as notable Cyber the tiger 🐯 (talk) 21:57, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 17:08, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• ... that a five-year-old boy thrown from a third-floor balcony in the Mall of America in April 2019 was was released from the hospital just in time for his first day of kindergarten?

• Source: Yamada, Haley (December 14, 2022). "Mom whose son was thrown off a balcony at Mall of America speaks out". ABC News. Retrieved February 20, 2025.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Evan Honer

5x expanded by Darth Stabro (talk) and CyberTheTiger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 04:46, 20 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Ticks all the boxes. Sad incident, but an intriguing hook. Nice work overall. JustJamie820 (talk) 04:34, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]