Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 Skåne County 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   no consensus.  Sandstein  07:02, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

2008 Skåne County earthquake

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Totally unremarkable earthquake with no fatalities, not even any injuries it seems, nor even any property damage... should even be a speedy delete. Colipon+ (Talk) 19:10, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sweden-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:09, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Denmark-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:09, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:09, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - Very rare event in Sweden. Had it been in "earthquake areas" in the world I would have agreed that the earthquake in itself was not notable but it is because it happened in Sweden and is a very rare event.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:19, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * To make it of encyclopedic standard the article itself must vouch for the subject's notability. "It happened in Sweden and Sweden never gets earthquakes" is a very bad reason to keep the article. That way any snowfall in Sydney, Australia would qualify as notable - simply because it's a rare meteorological event. In order to keep the article, someone needs to work it up to an acceptable encyclopedic standard. Colipon+ (Talk) 17:37, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * delete fails WP:EVENT. being a rare event in a county as babbaq argues is not a reason for keeping. What next? An article on 45 degree day in Switzerland? LibStar (talk) 13:17, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually if it is a rare event like this one and not some small thing like 45 degrees in Switzerland its certainly is a reason for keeping. You are making the classic apple and pears comparison.. often very faulty.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:06, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge to Scania As both the article and BabbaQ point out, this was a rare event for Sweden which got coverage from reliable sources - though probably enought to justify a standalone article under WP:EVENT. However, the sources and information are quite good enough to justify merging into a suitable article - I'd probably have suggested a list of earthquakes in the case of a British or German one, but there doesn't seem to be an equivalent for Scandinavian earthquakes, so a merger to a regional article which already contains environmental information seems the best choice. PWilkinson (talk) 14:55, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I think that'd be a worse solution than either deleting it or keeping it, actually. Not even every event that's notable enough for its own article would fit into Scania, which covers several hundred years of history in what's one of the most populous provinces of Sweden and for a long time was a big part of Denmark. I'd argue it'd be notable enough to stand on its own long before it merited inclusion in the article about Scania. I'd suggest creating Earthquakes in Sweden if it's not deemed notable enough. /Julle (talk) 09:26, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:42, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Keep. It seems to have received some attention in the press. It's good that no one died, but the absence of fatalities doesn't mean that it's a non-notable event. If it were non-notable, it would have attracted no significant attention, and I don't see that case being made here. Everyking (talk) 16:00, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 22:40, 18 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.