Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2002 Interstate 43 pile-up


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The result was   merge to Interstate 43. (non-admin closure) Acather96 (talk) 07:00, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

2002 Interstate 43 pile-up

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Fails WP:EFFECT and WP:GEOSCOPE, subparts of the notability guideline on news events. The article does not demonstrate that even though it was the largest in the history of the state that the accident impacted transportation planning, road design or anything else of substance. It's sad that people died, but that doesn't make it notable.  Imzadi 1979  →   02:46, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge to the history section of Interstate 43.  Dough 48  72  02:49, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge: Just one or two paragraphs. Useful info that however does not need its own article.Jasper Deng (talk) 02:50, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nasty crashes that take people's lives happen every day. I don't mean to sound insensitive, but what makes this one special? –Fredddie™ 02:51, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * This one is no small crash. 50 vehicles.Jasper Deng (talk) 03:10, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge per above given the claim that this is the "worst traffic accident in Wisconsin state history". If that can be sourced (i.e., to a WP:RS that isn't a dead link), then this is at best worth trimming and briefly mentioning at Interstate 43. However, it's ultimately still just a traffic accident and there isn't enough for a standalone article per WP:GEOSCOPE and WP:NOTNEWS. -- Kinu  t/c 03:44, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Re-sourcing [Here], athough just the intro, gives the relevant portion. Dru of Id (talk) 04:38, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:38, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge --Rschen7754 09:05, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge - 10 deaths is notable enough to mention, but not for a stand-alone article. Mjroots (talk) 11:04, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 04:26, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 04:26, 27 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. Ten deaths in a road accident? I'd say that was notable enough for an article. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:13, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep The deadliest (CNN) accident in the state (not exactly a small land unit), coverage on most major media sources are still easily found on web searches (CNN, USA Today).  Royal broil  02:31, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
 * But is it notable for its own article? There's not a whole lot that can be said about the crash. --Rschen7754 02:41, 28 April 2011 (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.