Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2013–14 flu season


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The result was delete. In addition to a majority of the comments favoring deletion, the "keep" comments seem to appeal mostly to WP:ROUTINE coverage, which I have discounted per that guideline. RL0919 (talk) 05:38, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

2013–14 flu season

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I can't find any indication based on sources that this was a significant or important flu season. It wasn't particularly lethal or widespread compared to any other year, and the CDC report for 2013-2014 doesn't refer to it as an epidemic or pandemic. I didn't see any papers about it specifically as a notable season on PubMed, Science Direct, or GScholar. Basically, it was a flu season where some people got sick and died, like any other flu season. It's not encyclopedia-level notable. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 01:10, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 01:10, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 01:10, 5 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep flu seasons are all important, if someone wants to come to the encyclopaedia to find information on any particular flu season. The articles can evolve to include the strains that were predominant (this one is H1N1), the vaccines that were used, whether there was a mismatch between the circulating strain and the vaccine, etc. I'll improve this article at some point soon, starting with this detailed info from the CDC. -- [E.3]  [chat2]  [me]   02:56, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Also FYI all flu seasons are pandemics. -- [E.3]  [chat2]  [me]   02:58, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * There's no specific notability guideline for pandemics/disease outbreaks/what have you (and therefore no presumption of notability). Therefore, we have to rely on WP:GNG, and in this case, there aren't enough sources specifically about this one particular season to indicate that it has any particular historical relevance. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 03:28, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * There's this for Europe, as well as the CDC, Canada here, another here plenty of sources. So it meets WP:GNG. I would consider calling this the 2013-2014 Northern Hemisphere influenza season because the flu season is usually in the middle of the year in the southern hemisphere but would have to look at all related articles. -- [E.3]  [chat2]  [me]   05:43, 5 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep per User:E.3's sources. Whilst there is no specific notability guide for pandemics, that shouldn't stop us using our brains: a global pandemic lasting months with coverage in multiple articles from reliable sources is always very likely to be notable. FOARP (talk) 07:33, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete/merge No indication that routine annual flu activity is independently notable year-by-year. Timeline of influenza could perhaps include some information but even with the links above I don't think this sort of news reports and statistics warrants an article for particular seasons. Expansion of the timeline or a similar History of influenza could cover multiple seasons well that incorporates this information. Reywas92Talk 07:37, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. It happens all the time. Nothing extraordinary about this particular year. Are we to have an article for every year? Clarityfiend (talk) 09:20, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't see why not. Its encyclopaedic information to know what strain is prevalent in a season, what vaccines were used, their effectiveness, deaths, etc, in each season. Flu is the largest worldwide pandemic. It's useful information for interested readers, some may not be, I certainly am, and would use wiki as a resource when its updated, we can centralise CDC, European, and other nations etc. If it were all in history of influeza timeline of influenza that would be a very long article indeed. I'll try to update them when I have more time. -- [E.3]  [chat2]  [me]   15:26, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * WP:ITSUSEFUL is not a good argument to make here. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:08, 9 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Don't see any reason why this particular year is remarkable or worthy of its own entryDarktalesblog (talk) 15:42, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - Pointless article about a flu season barely anybody seems to know about. Foxnpichu (talk) 16:15, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep --helpful references from different national health centers.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 22:26, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. No indication this particular season was outside the norm. This is kind of similar to how heat wave articles have been handled at AfD. The even can be a big deal each year, but not inherently noteworthy because there is an expected baseline every year. Sources need to demonstrate something particularly WP:DUE for that year to even begin discussing notability. Kingofaces43 (talk) 21:07, 11 July 2019 (UTC)


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