Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2021 Antelope Valley earthquake


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The result was delete. Stifle (talk) 09:27, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

2021 Antelope Valley earthquake

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No impact Dawnseeker2000  23:16, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   07:41, 1 February 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   09:21, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete – per Dawnseeker2000 --Dora the Axe-plorer (explore the morgue) 23:56, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * A few rockfalls and felt by many people is not sufficient to establish notability. Mw 6.0s in California are not uncommon or surprising; rarely do they cause extreme destruction. This is just another of those events that fails to stand out due to the lack of impacts. Much of the contents can be covered in the List of earthquakes in 2021 or Walker Lane articles Dora the Axe-plorer (explore the morgue) 08:52, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - Just another 6.0 without any impacts Hanami-Sakura (talk) 08:49, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nevada-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 23:21, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 23:22, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 23:22, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - per WP:GNG and WP:NEXIST.           Fieari (talk) 00:16, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep This was a strong earthquake. While it is true that (thankfully) no serious damage or injuries occurred, that could only be considered a miracle, since large boulders were littered all over U.S. Route 395 in Coleville, and shaking was felt all the way in San Francisco. StonyBrook (talk) 01:06, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Strong earthquakes can be relegated to the numerous earthquake catalogs that are present via the institutions (USGS, ISC, NGDC, etc.). There's no encyclopedic value in talking about shocks that were "felt at a great distance". Dawnseeker2000  14:23, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
 * There are 100 6.0-level earthquakes that happen every year. While WP clearly shouldn't cover all of them, I am arguing that this one is unique, based upon the coverage in Fieari's refs, which only happened because of the effects it had on people. If it had occurred, say, in the middle of the desert or the ocean, it would probably have gone almost unnoticed. StonyBrook (talk) 16:43, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
 * "Fieari's refs" aren't describing an encyclopedic event. Those news stations are reporting news to get clicks. It's their business. Dawnseeker2000  22:43, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
 * They are multiple reliable independent secondary sources with editorial control, reporting directly on the event itself in a non-incidental manner. That is the very definition of WP:GNG.  EVERYTHING a news organization reports on is to obtain clicks.  The things they decide will get clicks, more particularly, the things that they ALL decide will get clicks?  Those things are notable for Wikipedia. Fieari (talk) 23:31, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
 * They are not suitable sources for an earthquake article. Dawnseeker2000  15:01, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete – Not notable enough for an article. California is an active seismic area and it having M6 earthquakes are not uncommon. The quake being felt by a lot of people doesn't give it much notability. There is a lack of impacts from this earthquake to consider it notable enough for an article. Reego41 10:36, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete The above source dump doesn't comply with WP:NOTNEWS, WP:SUSTAINED, and WP:SIGCOV. Just a couple of videos and short reports from the time of the earthquake, July 2021. Avilich (talk) 00:08, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete I glanced through some of the provided news articles, but agree that there is nothing notable to justify an article. Some of the info could be added to an expanded paragraph on the List of earthquakes in 2021 page.ErieSwiftByrd (talk) 01:45, 15 February 2022 (UTC)


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