Talk:2006 Nigeria oil blast

What happened to the prices of oil after this terrorist attack? 206.47.141.21 17:55, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Unlikely to be a terrorist attack; this happens every couple of years in Nigeria, where people tamper with the pipelines to steal oil to sell. Only once in a while do they actually blow up. I'm uncertain this is encyclopedic. --Dhartung | Talk 19:45, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, we certainly have a fair number of articles on disasters in Western countries that are an order of magnitude smaller. That said, it would really be better to have an article like Incidents during the Hajj dealing with the whole history of these huge explosions that recur with disturbing regularity in Nigeria.--Pharos 18:57, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * This article has graduated from substub to stub, but it's still barely a line or two about a news item and a collection of news links. That does not make for an encyclopedia article. If it does not get more comprehensive, it seems like a sure candidate for merger with, say, Pipeline accidents. Where, one may note, Western and non-Western pipeline accidents are handled with little more than a single line. --Dhartung | Talk 05:03, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire - one person was killed, but it has its own separate article. If we're going by casualties or by sheer destruction, this deserves its own article. KI 10:52, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * No, we're going by how much information is available to build an encyclopedic article. If it "deserves" an article, as you say, then make it encyclopedic, not a news blurb that is short by CNN Headline News standards. --Dhartung | Talk 20:33, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

According to (Pipeline transport), in 1998 there was a much bigger similar explosion in Nigeria. 1200 people killed. This article should be expanded to include many events not just the May 2006 one. --Mihai 21:17, 14 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I suggest that, instead, this article be moved to 2006 Nigeria oil blast, or similar, which would accomodate articles for other blasts. From there, the general topic article (Pipeline accidents), the specific article can be linked (as the Incidents during the Hajj page does with the 2006 hostel collapse, etc). Bastin8 10:58, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Ideally, I think though that it would best to have an article specifically on Pipeline incidents in Nigeria, which seems to me a real distinct and noteworthy phenomenon (not that I would actually be qualified to write on it). I would only think articles on the separate incidents would be appropriate if we and when we had suitable content for a real article to be developed, not just a one-line stub.--Pharos 08:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC)