Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2015 North Carolina train crash


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The result was delete. Already mentioned in List of rail accidents (2010–present), so nothing to do there. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:12, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

2015 North Carolina train crash

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A frequent occurrence in the US and not particularly notable. Not notable per relevant WikiProject's notability guidelines: point number 7. AHeneen (talk) 13:51, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Strong keep This article qualifies under point Number 7, "Accidents where a significant number of casualties or a significant amount of property damage occur (this is purposely not nailed down to a specific number for either criterion)" In short, rail accidents with two deaths or more are not common in the United States. Also, article illustrates the issue of passenger vehicle drivers deliberately passing grade crossings and putting themselves in danger. Strong keep, per rare train accident that involves multiple fatalities. Juneau Mike (talk) 14:17, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Garden variety plain vanilla news story. Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. Edison (talk) 15:38, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment With all due respect, train accidents with multiple fatalities in the United States are not "garden variety", "plain vanilla" or common. Juneau Mike (talk) 16:34, 17 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete This is a local news story without much national impact, and urban areas commonly have accidents of this manner.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 19:11, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete the casualties needed to be in the train in order to qualify, not in a car hit by a train, which is a near daily occurence. WP:NOTNEWS Marlinsfan1988 (talk) 19:18, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete since people in cars get hit by trains fairly regularly. Legacypac (talk) 04:08, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. This was the first I've heard of this accident, not coincidentally I suspect because all the sources cited for it are local and not national. Yes, two people died, but fatalities alone, at least not at this low level, do not make a rail accident notable. Grade crossing accidents like this are common enough, unfortunately. For the two deaths alone to make this notable without national news coverage it would have to be some "deadliest ever ..." for the railroad, say, like Valhalla train crash was for the railroad in question. And there's no indication of that in the article. I give the creator credit for a good-faith effort, but in this case it wasn't enough. Daniel Case (talk) 04:56, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Regrettably there's nothing unusual about this incident. There were 269 grade crossing fatalities in the United States in 2014 alone. A crash with two deaths, both in the car, is not significant. Mackensen (talk) 11:23, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge to List of rail accidents (2010–present). 178.94.166.186 (talk) 13:55, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, can be adequately covered by and entry in the relevant list. Mjroots (talk) 20:46, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is just news and local news at that.Charles (talk) 18:50, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - Non notable incident, Train incidents happen all the time and unless it's one huge disaster then it doesn't need an article over it. – Davey 2010 Talk 03:36, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge into List of rail accidents (2010–present). --Mikeblas (talk) 16:09, 24 November 2015 (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.