Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2009 Piper PA-34 Seneca crash


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The result was   delete. WP:SNOW  MBisanz  talk 05:04, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

2009 Piper PA-34 Seneca crash

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There is no indication of lasting notability here. Yes, there was a terrible tragedy, with six people killed, but that does not equate notability; even six does not make 'unusual circumstances' as described by WP:AIRCRASH - hence, a failure of WP:NOTNEWS. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, the article has not been expanded yet. I was planning to write in it that the crash killed two activists for Polish society in Chicago, whose death was mourned. I believe this is a justification for the notability of the article, which should have its space not only on Polish Wikipedia, but also here, since the tragedy happened on US territory. Kasjanek21 (talk) 17:23, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment If those two people or the society they worked for are notable, I suggest creating articles about them. Edward321 (talk) 15:26, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - any air crash is a tragedy, but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and per WP:NOT news articles need to be about something of "historical notability". JohnCD (talk) 18:10, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, so I'm NOT going to expand the article. It's useless. I bet at least 30% of articles here on Wikipedia are of no notability but you guys out there treat things selectively. I could have put more effort in making the article more comprehensive and show how notable the people who died in the crash had been, but what for? For having the article deleted anyway? It's all too discouraging. Kasjanek21 (talk) 18:48, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * So why not spend your time writing about one of the many air crashes that are notable, but which don't have an article yet?  AK Radecki Speaketh  21:30, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You could post at Wikinews, which is interested in news stories. JohnCD (talk) 20:32, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete — Small plane crashes are common and there appears to be anything notable about this particular one. – Zntrip 20:07, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - It is a tragic accident indeed, but crashes like this happen every day. So delete per WP:NOTNEWS. - Marcusmax ( speak ) 20:11, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Yes, tragic, but not encyclopedic.  AK Radecki Speaketh  21:29, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Just another non-notable small aircraft crash, one of thousands. MilborneOne (talk) 16:41, 15 March 2009 (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.