Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/5.9 kiloyear event


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The result was redirect to Bond event. Content can be merged from history.  Sandstein  11:28, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

5.9 kiloyear event

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Unlike the related topics 8.2 kiloyear event and 4.2 kiloyear event both of which have substantial sources (8.2 kiloyear event, 4.2 kiloyear event), I am not finding enough documentation about a "5.9 kiloyear event" to establish that it meets WP:N or WP:EVENTCRITERIA:
 * Google Scholar for 5.9 ka and similar search terms mostly returns incidental findings for "5.9 ka" rather than any coherent subject.
 * Regular Google returns mainly incidental mentions, non-reliable sources or sources that appear to be based on Wikipedia.
 * Of the sources in the article, most do not discuss a climate event at this time or only mention it in passing. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618206000474 does discuss such an event, but in the context of a general 7,000-5,500 climate change.
 * Some sources discuss a Bond event at this time but typically without much context on any extended effects, and most Bond events don't have dedicated articles unless they have substantial independent coverage, e.g Little Ice Age
 * As I wrote (and sourced) in African humid period, while the formation of the Sahara began about 6,000 years ago, it does not seem like there was a significant event 5,900 years ago. There was one 5,500 years ago, but that appears to relate to the Piora Oscillation not to a "5.9 ka event".

I think this article is about a concept that largely does not exist and isn't really separate enough from the regular Bond events to merit its own article. So I would recommend to redirect this article to Bond event, or delete it altogether. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:34, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Bond event point 4. From source searches on JSTOR and Wiley, it appears that the 5.9 kiloyear event isn't referred to that per se and is taken as part of a larger spectrum of Holocene events.    SITH   (talk)   20:00, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I would definitely want to see the information in that article merged into some other article before replacing it with a redirect. --bender235 (talk) 21:33, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Some of this information is in African humid period and Piora Oscillation. The other material is quite disparate, it'd require a complex copying. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 22:09, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Leaning towards redirect for the time being but that would make most of the content missing. I'll leave this open for a while longer.
 * Redirect per StraussInTheHouse. शिव साहिल/Shiv Sahil (talk) 17:24, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tone 21:22, 6 January 2019 (UTC)


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