Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/July 2011 Iowa-Illinois-Michigan-Ohio derecho


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The result was   Keep. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 14:18, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

July 2011 Iowa-Illinois-Michigan-Ohio derecho

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Not a notable topic per WP:NOTNEWSPAPER. West Eddy (talk) 20:26, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

How is this any less notable than the other derecho events listed on Wikipedia? There was severe damage across many states (as noted in the NOAA report). Nst101 (talk) 20:47, 3 May 2012 (UTC) KeepI think with some fairly easy work this story could be expanded to cover the entire event, not just the part in Iowa. I will try to add to it later tonite. Gtwfan52 (talk) 01:54, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep The article simply needs to be better sourced for the whole event, not just the Iowa portion. Stormbay (talk) 22:25, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I had a lot of trouble finding anything in the line of newspaper stories. Really don't have time to look deeper.  Maybe someone in the midwest could help. Gtwfan52 (talk) 23:06, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Look for windstorm rather than derecho. Not many people know the official term for it.  I'll try to update the article as soon as I can. Nst101 (talk) 01:28, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete and add some notes to the List of derecho events entry for it. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 00:04, 5 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I have added some info I found from IL as well. There are a few educational and scientific write ups about it, but they don't really talk much about the storm but just give wind data. I'll see what else I can find as this was a pretty big storm that affected quite a few places in the Mid-west.Nst101 (talk) 01:25, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I think this can be rescued by digging deeper into newspaper and other media archives; Google doesn't hack it in trying to search for sources for this type of article. Keep. Bearian (talk) 16:05, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:24, 11 May 2012 (UTC)




 * It would appear that this Afd received more discussion than most are receiving these days. It is time to "be bold" I think. Stormbay (talk) 03:41, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
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