Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2009 Washington Metro subway crash


 * 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   keep. per WP:SNOW (non-admin closure) NW ( Talk ) 23:47, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

2009 Washington Metro subway crash

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Wikipedia is not news, train accidents like this happen everyday around the world, only because CNN goes crazy about this today does not mean there should be a wiki article Isnotnews (talk) 23:28, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Train accidents where people die happen every day? 173.72.130.93 (talk) 23:31, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep The magnitude of casualties and fatalities make it notable. How many people have to die before it becomes a notable incident? --Kitch (Talk : Contrib) 23:32, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Uncertain for now It's certainly news but does have worldwide coverage, including foreign reporting such as the BBC. It's the biggest Metro crash in history.  I'd say let's wait and see.  In the end, it will probably stay and wouldn't be that bad of a decision. User F203 (talk) 23:33, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Glendale_train_crash Similar article.  Both should be treated equally, whatever the decision.User F203 (talk) 23:36, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Excellent example for why these types of articles should be deleted with fire. According to the Glendale article this accident was a news item for a few days with no noticeable long-term impact. And there were even 11 deaths. 99.224.247.247 (talk) 23:39, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Please tell me why this does not meet at least WP:GNG:"...sources address the subject directly in detail, and no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than trivial but may be less than exclusive".--Msr69er (talk) 23:50, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep Very notable, worst in Washington Metro history. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 23:33, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep According to reports, this is the deadliest train crash in DC Metro history.--The lorax (talk) 23:34, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Speedy keep Major train accidents do happen a lot, but they are all mostly notable. This involved at least four deaths, and the incident has ties to existing articles on Metro's financial crisis, the expansion of the system, and President Obama's support for Metro specifically and mass transit generally. - Tim1965 (talk) 23:37, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You make it sound as if Wikipedia is a newspaper that has to report on recent... recent....recent.... minievents. 99.224.247.247 (talk) 23:40, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep - Notable as the deadliest train crash in DC. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 23:38, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. WP is not news, but all commercial plane accidents with fatalities are considered notable; I would expect roughly the same standard for public transit. Crashes happen "every day" but fatal accidents on US public transit are not that common. Hairhorn (talk) 23:41, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Strong (Speedy) Keep This is definitely noteworthy. It's ridiculous to see this article been proposed for deletion. Also, the nominator of this deletion is a newly registered user. --98.154.26.247 (talk) 23:43, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. Notable because this is a major system accident on a heavily traveled line of a heavy rail metro in one of the world's major cities with confirmed fatalities and surely an ongoing investigation will commence as to why it happened.--Msr69er (talk) 23:46, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
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