Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of edible disasters


 * 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. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 05:34, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

List of edible disasters

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I was so excited to see the title of this page, but ultimately I can't find sufficient coverage indicating "edible disasters" is a thing (my search indicates that combination of word tends to refer to disasters cooking attempts/meals). i.e. it fails WP:GNG/WP:LISTN. The sources cited are all about the individual events, not about the grouping. Inclusion criteria seems to be not anything related to edibility but just involving food. We already have list of non-water floods, which includes many of these items (that has sourcing issues, too, but I haven't explored whether it should be deleted). &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 02:37, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Food and drink, Events,  and Lists. &mdash;  Rhododendrites  talk \\ 02:37, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. These disasters weren't "edible"; they may have involved food or drink in some way, but some of them killed people. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:13, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * delete WP:INDISCRIMINATE list of vaguely related topics, probably made because someone thought it was funny. Dronebogus (talk) 06:15, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. Moreover, 'edible disaster' is not a notable (or oft-used) term. Llwyld (talk) 13:59, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - As there are no reliable sources actually discussing or grouping these, or similar incidents, together under the concept of "edible disasters", the list not only fails WP:LISTN but the concept behind it appears to be WP:OR. Rorshacma (talk) 14:39, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete There is no evidence that this is a coherent topic. It is clearly misnamed. A sugar refinery explording or a distellery burning down does not create edible things, it creates burning waste that kills and destroys.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:26, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment. I have started Category:Food processing disasters as a partial replacement, to fit in with industrial accidents from other industries.--Pharos (talk) 17:52, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * That is much better than this flippant nonsense page. Dronebogus (talk) 03:00, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I think it may be worth keeping the page and changing the name and content to reflect Category:Food processing disasters Immanuelle  💗  (please tag me)  00:56, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. While hilariously titled, "edible disasters" isn't a normally used phrase (nor is it even clear as to what it means) and it's difficult to imagine any rationale someone would have for using such a list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by A MINOTAUR (talk • contribs) 20:18, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Snow delete Per WP:SNOW Cranloa12n / talk / contribs / 02:59, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * This has to have come from the discussion at User talk:Drmies/Archive 140 (q.v.). Uncle G (talk) 09:04, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * It came from a discussion on Fringe theories noticeboard. idk where it got archived to Immanuelle  💗  (please tag me)  01:04, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not going to say we should keep this, as I deeply love the name, which I proposed at FTN, so I have a conflict of interest. There is, however, some coverage in RS for these types of groupings. Bon Appetit and Smithsonian magazine for instance. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:03, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep The new title of food processing disaster makes it more serious, and food processing disasters are notable, you can find plenty of google results about things like disasters at food processing facilities Immanuelle  💗  (please tag me)  01:06, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Still very unorganized, and is not commonly used enough. Cranloa12n / talk / contribs / 02:10, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Both this article and List of non-water floods are redundant to List of industrial disasters. Food-related disasters are neither numerous enough nor notable enough to warrant splitting to a separate article. Dan from A.P. (talk) 05:31, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The other article isn’t redundant but it’s also clearly a case of “category masquerading as list”. Dronebogus (talk) 11:50, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep or redirect to List of industrial disasters. While sources and summaries are disappointingly absent from some of these entries, the one entry with a summary (the Wild Turkey Distillery fire) is well-written and presents an adequate case for the event's notability. However, I am concerned that the contributing editor copied the text from the Wild Turkey (bourbon) article (§ History) without proper attribution. Nevertheless, I do believe in the potential that if this article were to remain standing (which I acknowledge is not likely at this point), then it could be expanded with reliable sources relevant to each entry—or perhaps the relevant section of the aforementioned bold-linked article could be expanded with such information instead. Regardless of this list's merits as a standalone article, its renamed title ("List of food processing disasters") is a valid search term. Perhaps the "edible disasters" redirect which resulted from the move could be deleted as a less-likely search term, but under its new title, I see no reason to delete this article when redirecting would be a plausible alternative. -- Dylan 620 (he/him · talk · edits) 21:31, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Eat I mean deleat'. Seems better served via a category. While that doesn't preclude the existence of a list, it seems to be the better of the two in this case. Star   Mississippi  02:47, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Only two ones that aren't covered by articles are The Wild Turkey Distillery Fire   and 2013 Brunost blaze    so it is probably best to make those two articles and add them to the category instead  Immanuelle  💗  (please tag me)  16:31, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Relisting comment: Given the renaming; editors encouraged to comment on whether this adds to coherency of the list. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Goldsztajn (talk) 06:23, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment The page creator has moved this page around to a couple of different names, it's now at List of food processing disasters. Liz Read! Talk! 01:51, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete While it's certainly an interesting page, it's just indiscriminate information that doesn't belong on Wikipedia. It doesn't warrant its own list article also. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 19:46, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. I am afraid this still fails Notability. What reliable source contains such a grouping? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 09:07, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOPAGE. The article is now called List of food processing disasters and was created almost 3 months after List of non-water floods was created. List of non-water floods can be expanded if necessary. Georgethedragonslayer (talk) 03:03, 23 May 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.