Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 British Columbia avalanche (2nd nomination)


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 00:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

2010 British Columbia avalanche
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Per WP:NOTNEWS and this is non-notable. Only two deaths, and written in a news-like style. This is just another news report. — Mike moral  ♪♫  22:33, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable event. Submit these articles to Wikinews. Diego Grez (talk) 23:02, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as Wikipedia is not a place for news reports. There is no evidence of lasting impact. Armbrust  Talk  Contribs  23:48, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as per previous delete votes. Stuff like this should go on WikiNews, and there's lots in articles that are bona fide that's similarly more properly in WikiNews than here.  As a side note, there were dozens of avalanches in British Columbia in the same winter, but none taking out so-called "victims" (these were people who were running snowmobiles around cornices as an extreme sport, something like kicking a grizzly and then complaining you got mauled...).  If the avalanche had destroyed a town, or taken out a highway as with the Hope Slide, fine....but this is a non-notable and rather self-induced event, and only notable because it made headlines; it wasn't an act of god, but rather of human foible; not that that's the reason for deletion, exactly....but it's not like every single traffic pile-up in North America needs its own article....Skookum1 (talk) 00:59, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of British Columbia-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:16, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:16, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete/Comment A good guide for Wikinews vs Wikipedia (or both) as the home for a page about an event, is whether or not it is likely to receive subsequent coverage. This one seems unlikely to for now, so ought to go, but if it does end up getting substantial subsequent coverage (which is plausible) then it should be open to recreation. TheGrappler (talk) 21:42, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, Wikipedia is not the news. Stifle (talk) 13:46, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
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