Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2009 Sydney dust storm


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The result was   speedy redirect. Daniel (talk) 14:02, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

2009 Sydney dust storm

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Too minor of an event.. (non-notable) A dust storm that took place over 15 hours or less BrianY (talk) 02:52, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. This event will likely be forgotten just a few weeks from now. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 02:56, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Notable dust storms are not forgotten, but recorded, see list at Dust storm. Bkdd (talk) 09:23, 23 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete as non-notable event. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. -- Eastmain (talk) 03:34, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NOTNEWS. I'm not seeing any long-term coverage here.  JUJUTACULAR  | TALK 04:03, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Bit early to say that there is no long-term coverage, but that aside the Bureau of Meteorology has already said that is is an historic event in New South Wales so significance is clearly there. Bidgee (talk) 09:20, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agree that it's WP:NOTNEWS. All over in a day, nothing to see here, move on ... WWGB (talk) 06:21, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge This made the 4th story of the breakfast news in the UK. Merge content into either Sydney or Climate of Sydney, New South Wales.  Lugnuts  (talk) 06:56, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect. The biggest dust storm in 70 years, possibly ever in Australia. Whaddya mean delete ??? It has spread beyond Sydney so redirect to 2009 Australian dust storm. Bkdd (talk) 08:33, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2009 Australian dust storm as this affected more than Sydney and had international effects (see article). Compare February 2009 Great Britain and Ireland snowfall for a similar sudden unexpected event which had unusual effects in another region. -- can  dle &bull; wicke  08:38, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2009 Australian dust storm since this is an significant not just for the State capitals of Sydney and Brisbane but also South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland, such events (Size and intensity) in September is rare let alone in the Summer and is also making the media world wide. Bidgee (talk) 09:12, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. ƒ(Δ)² 09:13, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect. This is the biggest dust storm in the past 50 years. Reubot (talk) 09:51, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect to 2009 Australian dust storm. This is the biggest dust storm in the past 70 years. Extremepro (talk) 10:06, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect 1983 Melbourne dust storm has an article Leewe (talk) 10:08, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect to 2009 Australian dust storm. Significant, historical event. - Shiftchange (talk) 10:16, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect and WP:SNOW - no reason provided as to why this needs to be a separate article of the same event. --Merbabu (talk) 11:53, 23 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge and redirect to 2009 Australian dust storm. Significant event in australia. Am I the only one who is tired of americans calling everything non-american "non notable"? Steven Zhang  The clock is ticking....  13:12, 23 September 2009 (UTC)


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