Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2011 Southern US drought


 * 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. - improved since nomination - cited and supported by a clear consensus. (non-admin closure) Off2riorob (talk) 10:11, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

2011 Southern US drought

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Delete. Few sources, none supporting the controversial claims in the article. Perhaps there's a general article on drought, or extreme weather, where the few tidbits of information might go. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 01:57, 16 September 2011 (UTC)  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  03:24, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. Originally WP:PRODded with the reason "No sources and controversial claims."  The claims are now the implication (not stated in the article or the sources) that the drought is due to global warming, and that the fires are due to the drought.  (Well, I suppose that last isn't controversial, just not sourced.)  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 02:32, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep On September 8, the Voice of America wrote "As wildfires burn across the drought-stricken state of Texas, farmers and ranchers there and across the southwestern United States are facing devastating livestock and crop losses. Analysts say the effect could ripple across the U.S. and world economies. And there is no assurance that the dry spell will end any time soon." US Drought Monitor reports extreme to exceptional drought conditions in almost all of Texas as well as Oklahoma, New Mexico and Georgia. Bloomberg News describes the impact on the cotton industry as an "unmitigated disaster" in a story called "Record Texas Drought Burns Cotton Farmers as White Gold Withers in Sun".  MSNBC ran a story called "Crews battle wildfires amid severe Texas drought: 'It was unbelievable, just horrific. There were horses on fire, buildings on fire'".  That was months ago, and things have gotten much worse lately.
 * Keep Worst drought in Texas history. Significant coverage in VOA cited above and other sources. Edison (talk) 03:45, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems to be notable event. Article needs to be rewritten so not in present tense, maybe after it starts raining again. BigJim707 (talk) 07:00, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Properly sourced material. The article clearly needs work however. 11coolguy12 (talk) 09:11, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep: Notable and can still be expanded. SL93 (talk) 22:11, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 23:50, 16 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep – Per available reliable sources that establish notability of the topic. I added a rescue tag to this article, so other Wikipedia users can search for sources to improve the article and it's notability. Northamerica1000 (talk) 12:34, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Google news archive search for "2011" "Southern US" "drought" shows ample results. An article in Time magazine sums it up.   D r e a m Focus  12:46, 21 September 2011 (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.