Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2022 Eastern Kentucky floods


 * 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 WP:SNOW Keep CollectiveSolidarity (talk) 14:18, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
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The other article 2022 Southeast floods happened at the same time and has a similar flood location. 2022 Eastern Kentucky floods may be deleted if you do not explain why it is different floods. Cabin134 (talk) 22:04, 27 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep - This event has received significant coverage on BBC, CNN, The New York Times, and USA Today. Hemanth Nalluri 11 (talk) 20:52, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Keep — No sources directly linking this storm system to the storm that caused the Missouri (St. Louis) floods two days ago (July 26). If you can provide a source that directly links both floods to the same storm, then my !vote will switch to a support, but without any source doing so, any deletion/merge would not be a good idea per WP:OR. Another thing to point out, the nominator moved the 2022 Missouri floods to the current title of 2022 Southeast floods without discussions as a way to start this AfD to combine the articles. (1), I cannot find a direct source linking the two floods to the exact same storm system and (2), the rename first then AfD seems slightly off, especially since the nomination said “happened at the same time”, which is false since the Missouri floods began on the 26th and these began not he 28th. Elijahandskip (talk) 20:05, 28 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Also Elijahandskip, Missouri was also affect in both storms wich means they are the same flood. Cabin134 (talk) 20:09, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Source? Without a source, that would be original research, which is not allowed on Wikipedia. Elijahandskip (talk) 20:10, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Doesnt the accuweather article mention the link? 50.200.241.190 (talk) 04:11, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * None of the current sources in the 2022 Eastern Kentucky floods article is from Accuweather, at least from what I can tell. Can you link the source you are referencing here? Elijahandskip (talk) 04:41, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * actually they call it different. That being said, there isn’t enough for all these seperate articles so it’s best to make an article called July 2022 United States floods, which isn’t saying they’re the same so isn’t WP:OR. 50.200.241.190 (talk) 11:22, 29 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Neutral Comment — WP:RAPID is at play here with the article being nominated for AfD hours after creation & at the time of nomination, still contained a template. Elijahandskip (talk) 20:09, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I will see if other creators think 2022 Eastern Kentucky floods sould be deleted. Cabin134 (talk) 20:12, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * That's literally what this discussion is for. Let it play out. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:00, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2022 July 28.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 20:21, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * thanks. Cabin134 (talk) 21:42, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, Environment,  and Kentucky. –LaundryPizza03 ( d  c̄ ) 20:54, 28 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Update comment — A different user unaware of this AfD moved the 2022 Southeast floods to a new title of July 2022 United States floods. Note, this was done after the AfD began, so this article is not a new content fork from that article.  It may appear that way due to the three different names the article had in like a few hours (2022 Missouri floods to 2022 Southeast floods to July 2022 United States floods), but it is not. Elijahandskip (talk) 21:56, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep, it's notable on it's own and the article has been listed at Portal:Current events. I also want to note that it's inappropriate of you to try to change the article to a redirect while there's an ongoing AfD


 * Keep – Although eventually I would like to see this, Missouri, and Las Vegas, all of which garnered lots of media attention, into one article. United States Man (talk) 17:02, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - Current event though it may be, it's clearly notable and chiefly distinct as a natural disaster (see 2021 Tennessee floods, which was also made contemporaneously to other floods and meets criteria). Gnomatique (talk) 17:44, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * @Gnomatique that is diffrent for example 2021–2022 Malaysian floods has many diffrent storms throught in about a month and St. Louis was also effected in both storms. Cabin134 (talk) 22:23, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: I wasn't going to !vote on this when I went I saw this article which deals with the Kentucky floods as newsworthy in their own right. Gusfriend (talk) 23:45, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep — WP:SNOWBALL. There is sigcov for the floods in Kentucky separately.
 * Snowball keep. This is a major news story. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 00:22, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep and suggest WP:SNOW close. This is an event that is receiving significant coverage from American media. Also, it is inappropriate to nominate an article for deletion just hours after creation if it is a current event. CollectiveSolidarity (talk) 05:01, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep, it was covered far and wide. SNOW can't apply, because it is a FLOOD. Floods don't happen when it's freezing.---Lilach5 (לילך5) discuss 06:36, 30 July 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.