Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/August 2006 Madison Hall fire


 * 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 Delete. It may be mentioned on Christopher Newport University, but otherwise it is far too local in scope. El_C 10:47, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

August 2006 Madison Hall fire
Article about a residence hall fire on the Christopher Newport University campus. It made local news, but that's about it. The event didn't really have any lasting impact on a higher-than-local scale, and the residence hall in question is not noteworthy enough to have an article. Wikipedia is not Wikinews. Core des at talk. ^_^ 23:08, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. Not nearly notable enough. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 23:11, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, this sort of thing happens everyday...--Nilfanion (talk) 23:16, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge into Christopher_Newport_University --T-rex 23:18, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Although this was an unfortunate event, it's not notable. -- Nish kid 64 23:19, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as plain recentism and not what should be in an encyclopedia - go try Wikinews. – Chacor 02:35, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Can't, the article is too detailed to be in Wikinews according to their policy which prohibits any detailed articles. Storm05 12:12, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * In other words this article can be ether merged or kept Storm05 12:17, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * That sounds like WikiLawyering, don't do it. The relevant WN policy is "Wikinews is not an encyclopedia; that is, it is not an in-depth collection of non-newsworthy information." The content of the Events section is Wikinews material. In terms of Wikipedia, this article is non-notable (fires happen all the time).--Nilfanion (talk) 13:48, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * What i meant was that this article have sections and is not written like a newspaper which makes it ineglible for wikinews. Storm05 14:10, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * In addtion, the wording in this article is mostly past tense which also makes it inelible for wiki-news which only covers current events. Storm05 14:17, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * If it can't be Wikinews, then a blurb from the article should be mentioned in Christopher_Newport_University, as said above. Hurricanehink ( talk ) 14:48, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. To the best of my knowledge this event didn't receive national or international attention which I believe is necessary for news events to get their own articles. 23skidoo 17:13, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge into a Notable Events section of the Christopher Newport University page. This event is not notable enough to have a page on it's own. --Ineffable3000 18:45, 10 September 2006 (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.