Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 Ecuador earthquake (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. Randykitty (talk) 13:29, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

2010 Ecuador earthquake
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Minimal effects and no lasting impact Dawnseeker2000  13:15, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 13:57, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ecuador-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 13:57, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * User:Dawnseeker2000, as an earthquake expert, can you explain why some regions list all documented earthquakes (c.f. List of earthquakes in Italy, List of earthquakes in the Levant,) while List of earthquakes in Ecuador, which seemed like a reasonable redirect, lists only "notable" earthquakes?E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:03, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, but to clarify I'm not really an earthquake expert. We have several geologists and seismologists working on earthquake articles, but probably not the extent that I do, simply because I don't have a life. I have been working on the earthquake articles for about the last 7 years, including writing, expanding, and other maintenance activities. I just follow their lead ;) So expert is the wrong term, but experienced is probably a better fit.
 * The lists are really problematic right now and they are taking some time to get unified with regard to content and acceptable entries. On some of them, maybe even most of them, you'll see a footer at the bottom which links to our notability essay, and those are the ones that have been refined to include mostly notable events. If you don't see that footer at the bottom, it's most likely because I haven't gotten to that list yet. I'm talking about the country lists, by the way. The yearly lists are completely out of control and are not really being worked on by WikiProject earthquakes members. Dawnseeker2000 17:29, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Randykitty (talk) 15:13, 11 December 2018 (UTC)


 * As DS said, the lists are out of control, and consistent, let alone equitable, treatment of various events is not to be expected. I believe we have a statement somewhere that the existence of flawed or failing articles does not excuse the presense of similar articles, but I don't recall where it is. The initial stab at earthquake notability criteria is here, though WP:Notability (events) may be more authoritative.


 * I am a little hesitant to delete this article, as it was a sizeable earthquake, but am unable to find any notability here. I say delete it. &diams; J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 00:49, 15 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete, we already deleted this once. Nothing changed, a medium size quake, routine, refs don't establish notability. Szzuk (talk) 21:32, 17 December 2018 (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.