Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1943 Skwentna earthquake


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The result was delete. T. Canens (talk) 19:24, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

1943 Skwentna earthquake

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This one cannot be expanded into a meaningful, comprehensive, and encyclopedic article. The event's effects were minimal (intensity V) and don't align with articles that we keep and expand. This event was not studied (probably due to World War II and lack of damage/injuries). Dawnseeker2000 13:58, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment – We don't keep articles about earthquakes where the only effects are "moved doors" and "rattled windows" (regardless of magnitude). The intensity on this one speaks volumes. It was a maximum of V (Moderate) on the Mercalli intensity scale. Unimpressive. There are also no scientific articles dedicated to it. World War II was taking place so I think that may have had some impact with the lack of write-ups on this event. If there were aspects of the event that seismologists wrote about, then yes, we would consider using their reports as sources for adding detail, but keeping this kind of article around in its current condition is a disservice to our readers. They don't want to click a link only to find that there's nothing known about this M7.4 shock except the minimal effects. I don't recommend redirecting either. This event does not qualify to be on our list articles because it's just not notable. I can tell you that there has been great effort (by non-WikiProject Earthquakes editors) put into our list articles, with entries for every ~M6 and above event that's known about (just like this one) but in the long run those list articles are going to be pared down (heavily) to include only notable events.  Dawnseeker2000  21:01, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95  Talk  12:38, 6 August 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ☮  JAaron95  Talk  17:54, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and above comment. Just doesn't pass notability requirements.  Onel 5969  TT me 14:53, 20 August 2015 (UTC)


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