Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 Poole Harbour bus accident


 * 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, however I've merged the histories due to the merge performed by MickMacNee. PhilKnight (talk) 13:42, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

2008 Poole Harbour bus accident

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Non-notable road accident BarretBonden (talk) 11:20, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - car accidents are mostly never notable.-- S R X  12:43, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Recentism as its worst, and no indication of permanent notability. Same reasons we eventually deleted 2007 French Alps coach crash. Circeus (talk) 13:24, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.   —• Gene93k (talk) 15:18, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions.   —• Gene93k (talk) 15:18, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * DELETE WP:SNOW Not a hint of anything distinguishing it from any other accident. Andy Dingley (talk) 16:02, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per Andy Dingley and WP:NOT. Strictly a local news story about a traffic accident. • Gene93k (talk) 16:18, 1 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep keeping a non-damaging non-fatal unimportant earthquake but not keeping a non-damaging non-lethal unimportant road accident is systemic bias Sceptre (talk) 12:44, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * That's a weak argument for a keep. Road accidents are a common occurrence that happen around the world every day. I don't think this one shows any notability. BarretBonden (talk) 13:00, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Earthquakes are a common occurrence that happen around the world every day. Sceptre (talk) 14:07, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Earthquakes are irrelevant to this discussion. You haven't explained how this article is notable. BarretBonden (talk) 14:26, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Circeus (talk) 22:56, 2 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete There are too many such accidents to document, sorry. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:43, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete -- multiple vehicle crashes are unfortunately common events; even those involving buses are not that rare. These are a suitable subject for journalism, but not for WP as an encyclopaedia.  Clearly NN.  Peterkingiron (talk) 23:24, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - a common and non notable event. MilborneOne (talk) 21:32, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to Wilts and Dorset. It was a rare and unusual event, certainly not 'just another accident' as some are stating, but this not enough for an article (It already looks quite padded out). MickMacNee (talk) 23:56, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Having re-read the comments, I just have to reiterate, open top buses toppling over after wheeling along on two wheels and flinging people out of the top deck, is absolutely not a common event at all. I would wager it is once a decade in the UK, if that. MickMacNee (talk) 00:04, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Note Per SNOW I have merged the usable content to Wilts & Dorset. I suggest closing this Afd as keep to preserve the GFDL history. MickMacNee (talk) 00:27, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


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