Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 New Ireland earthquake
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- 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 delete. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:39, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Not enough reliable sources to write a verifiable article. Notability not established. WP:NOTNEWS. Aditya Ex Machina 15:48, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete Another "quaking news" article. This one happened in New Ireland, and I guess it's assumed that everyone would know that it's an island that's part of Papua New Guinea. It's kind of like calling the JFK assassination article "1963 Texas crime". Mandsford 20:28, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak Keep Acually most people will know that the island is in Papua New Giunea after reading the article. As for the article, I created it and I'm sorry for making it so short, but that was about everything I could find out about the earthquake. Zbase4 (talk) 22:26, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Do you think this is a valid reason for keeping the article? That because people will find out a completely unrelated fact, it should be kept? And doesn't the lack of material to write an article with tell you something about the notability of the earthquake? Aditya Ex Machina 22:38, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep had significant news coverage. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:14, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- You believe this earthquake has enduring notability? Aditya Ex Machina 10:28, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm not sure whether Graeme meant to say "new coverage" or "news coverage"-- if it has had new coverage, that would be relevant to notability. On the other hand what I see is the news coverage that it got was the typical "what happened yesterday" fare that happens for any event that comes across the wires, whether it's a minor earthquake or a sports score. Mandsford 12:44, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete Deep focus earthquakes are mostly not notable because their impact at ground level is limited. The article currently does not even cite any sources, so obviously there is nothing much to say about this quake anyway. RapidR (talk) 21:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per WP:NOTNEWS.--70.82.131.148 (talk) 13:02, 24 May 2010 (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.