Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2014 Smithfield, New York tornado


 * 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 merge to Tornadoes of 2014. North America1000 08:23, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

2014 Smithfield, New York tornado

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I'm going ahead with nominating this for deletion for a lack of notability as a WP:ROUTINE event. While the death toll of four is more than most tornadoes achieve, especially in New York, damage was limited to rural areas and was not that extensive. Only a few houses sustained significant damage. Most of the sources are news reports from the day of or the day after the tornado. It may also be worth mentioning that the IP who created the initial draft was blocked for block evasion not long afterward. Off-wiki communication indicated that the sockmaster was, whose socks have previously shown an interest in storm-related articles. While I'm opening this as an AfD, I also think it would be perfectly fine to redirect or merge this article to Tornadoes of 2014. Mainly I want to generate a more thorough discussion and get a conclusion to this. TornadoLGS (talk) 20:44, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. TornadoLGS (talk) 20:44, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. TornadoLGS (talk) 20:44, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – AssumeGoodWraith  (talk &#124; contribs) 02:32, 3 March 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 03:36, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Merge – per nominator. This article doesn’t meet our general standards for an article, as damage was relatively brief and can be summarized in the section at Tornadoes of 2014 and the monthly tornado list page. Any information in this article could easily be merged into Tornadoes of 2014. United States Man (talk) 21:52, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Since my secret is out, I wanted to point out why I created the page. I did this because I was quite surprised how a tornado with 4 deaths didn’t have an article, and I wanted to improve coverage. I know my opinion doesn’t matter but I wouldn’t object to a merge, though I would want zero loss of information. And I had no bad intentions with any of the tornado outbreak articles I created, I did all of them because I wanted to improve wikipedia’s coverage and I hoped I wouldn’t have gotten caught, but then again sorry for all Incovinces. --209.201.121.4 (talk) 01:52, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Merge to Tornadoes of 2014 - Per United States Man and TornadoLGS. Elijahandskip (talk) 07:39, 10 March 2022 (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.