Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1842 Baku earthquake


 * 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. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:12, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

1842 Baku earthquake

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Nowhere near notable. A 4.3 magnitude quake in Azerbaijan in 1842, causing no known casualties or damage. Michael5046 (talk) 16:43, 7 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - Although there are sources that give a maximum felt intensity of VIII and the earthquake is described as 'destructive' there are no more details available than that. I previously removed this earthquake from list of earthquakes in Azerbaijan, because of this lack of detail but, if we're going to delete, I should probably add the limited information that we have back there. Mikenorton (talk) 17:58, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - I've added the details of this earthquake back to the list of earthquakes in Azerbaijan ready for what appears likely to be deletion. Mikenorton (talk) 15:44, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Azerbaijan-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 18:12, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 18:13, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - even if this event were notable, there should be a burden on the editor creating this article to show that notability. Quick deletions of these articles would warn editors to not indiscriminately create half-baked articles and simply expect the community to accept it. Colipon+ (Talk) 19:06, 8 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment: I am not sure how NOAA's rating of "significant earthquake" relates to notability. Bearian (talk) 19:12, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Their inclusion criteria are "Moderate damage (approximately $1 million or more), 10 or more deaths, Magnitude 7.5 or greater, Modified Mercalli Intensity X or greater, or the earthquake generated a tsunami" The Baku event presumably gets in the list because of an estimate of 'Moderate damage'. WP Earthquakes notability guidelines are somewhat different and this event only meets one of them - intensity > VII. The biggest problem is the lack of any detailed information. Mikenorton (talk) 23:03, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeed, if you go to the "Significant Earthquake" page for this event it lists the description of damage as 2, which means: Moderate (~$1 to $5 million). However, even NOAA lists only one source for their information which is a 1971 book called 'Seismicity of the European Area' by Reidel Publishing Co. in the Netherlands. Sounds like a weak source and with no other sources, I think it should be listed only on the page list of earthquakes in Azerbaijan. Quakes in Azerbaijan are pretty rare so I guess it deserves a mention in the list, if the damage estimate is accurate, but not its own article.Michael5046 (talk) 12:27, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
 * 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.