Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2012 Oldham explosion


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The result was keep.  MBisanz  talk 02:37, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

2012 Oldham explosion

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Classic WP:NOTNEWS event. Mattg82 (talk) 23:09, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:46, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
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 * Delete. This does not appear to pass WP:EVENT and it especially fails WP:LASTING. There are two bursts of RS coverage; first for the event itself and second for the criminal proceedings eight months later.  After that coverage disappears.  Blowing up one's house by tampering with the gas is not that unusual a crime. • Gene93k (talk) 03:43, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Per nom and Gene93k above. No sense in having an entry for every time someone manages to blow their house up by behaving stupidly, or Wikipedia could be filled with reports of exploding meth labs. PohranicniStraze (talk) 18:35, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep The gas explosion, caused by a suicidal man, killed a 2-year-old in a nearby house.  Twelve neighboring houses were destroyed, adn 175 houses evacuated. Three houses were destroyed and 100 houses evacuated.  A memorial fund to the dead child paid for a play area/ park for children.    The explosion  was a national story, in all the British papers,   Child dies and man badly burnt as 'gas blast' wrecks homes, Jenkins, Russell. The Times; London (UK) [London (UK)]27 June 2012: 5. [ National: Parents of blast victim, two, pay tribute to their 'amazing little man': Family make emotional visit to site of tributes: Man, 32, released on bail pending further inquiries, Carter, Helen. The Guardian; London (UK) [London (UK)]30 June 2012: 17.);   and again during trial, conviction The accidental revenge of a jilted boyfriend that killed a two-year-old boy, (Hall, Richard. The Independent; London (UK) [London (UK)]20 Feb 2013).  A children's park was built as a memorial play park in memory of tragic gas blast toddler: The state-of-the-art equipment will be installed in Bullcote Park where Jamie Heaton took his first steps.Britton, Paul. Manchester Evening News; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]20 July 2015: 15. .E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:19, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per E.M.Gregory. Also coverage in 2014 .Icewhiz (talk) 19:51, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - per coverage established. The delete rationale from PohranicniStraze is irrelevant since we dont have an entry for every time someone blows their house up. Per WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. BabbaQ (talk) 12:06, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep there is lasting coverage. Add this source. D4iNa4 (talk) 21:06, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep while I am sympathetic to the deletion arguments, there is sufficient sourcing and evidence of lasting coverage. Lepricavark (talk) 01:24, 21 January 2018 (UTC)


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