Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 Parma earthquake


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  18:31, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

2008 Parma earthquake

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The article fails to meet the WikiProject Earthquakes/notability guidelines. Mikenorton (talk) 19:24, 26 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Notable. Satisfies GNG. A WikiProject notability guideline cannot trump GNG per LOCALCONSENSUS. In any event, as this is a plausible redirect, with mergeable content, to the relevant article on the area where it took place or on earthquakes, deletion would violate ATD, PRESERVE and R. This earthquake was "unusually strong" (according to Reuters) for the area in which it took place. It should be included somewhere in the encyclopedia. James500 (talk) 13:45, 27 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment Honestly this is a lot less notable than the Uiju earthquake we dealt with just before (see result of Merge at Uiju County). It was reported a bit in the local papers (on the very same day of December 23 2008) but not that massively, garnering only small articles which didn't note much. The one recent one I found talks about some construction work to prepare for future earthquakes, spiked by the likes of the earthquake in question. I looked at the Italian Wiki and this doesn't have its own article even there: 1. In fact the next April there was a much stronger earthquake, though not at the same location. At best this earthquake is mergeworthy like Uiju but possibly not even that. --Mr. Magoo (talk) 20:18, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * There seemed to be some damage to old buildings so maybe that would warrant a merged mention at some article for the area, at a section concerning sights/structures. You could add there that the old buildings were damaged in the 2008 Parma earthquake so-and-so. --Mr. Magoo (talk) 20:31, 27 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment - I'm not seeing any content here worth preserving - this was just local news, no evidence of permanance - see What_Wikipedia_is_not. Mikenorton (talk) 21:47, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Nonsense. (1) There is lasting coverage in eg the books "Earthquake Data in Engineering Seismology" (2011) and "Geoethics: The Role and Responsibility of Geoscientists" (2015). (2) "Local" means (small) town-wide. It does not extend to a large chunk of Northern Italy with a population of over 4 million, never mind international coverage from the BBC, which is British, and from Reuters, which is American. Anyway, none of the relevant policies or guidelines has anything to say about "local". (3) If we don't preserve content like this we will end up with a completely superficial oversimplified "tells you nothing" dumbed down children's encyclopedia for babies. James500 (talk) 03:59, 28 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete – There are plenty of notable earthquakes in Italy – there is nothing to preserve on this one. If you keep details about non-notable events like this, over time your encyclopedia will be filled with junk that obscures the content that has real value. BTW, we're not merging the content from useless articles into city, county, or earthquake lists any more. That's the wrong way to go about it (The Uiju earthquake debate ended with a poor decision). Lists and other articles are not meant to be dumpsters for unwanted content. Also, there's nothing that makes Reuters a recognized authority when dealing with earthquakes. Dawnseeker2000  04:50, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:41, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:41, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:41, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 11:54, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. This article's topic has no importance today (honestly, I hadn't even heard of it until I stumbled upon this article), and thus fails to meet the notability guidelines, which warrants it for deletion. Colonel Wilhelm Klink (Complaints|Mistakes) 20:30, 8 March 2016 (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.