Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people who died in traffic collisions


 * 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 keep. WP:LISTPURP compliant, valid navigational list. (non-admin closure) Curbon7 (talk) 04:28, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

List of people who died in traffic collisions

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WP:NLIST suggests that for stand-alone lists, the list as a collective (though not necessarily its individual items) should have been discussed by sources that pass GNG.

As far as I can tell, such sources have not done so for this collection. I have found sources discussing sub-lists of this list, specifically "Celebrities", but I have found no list where the collective is discussed - the vast majority of the results are duplicates of our list, or road death statistics.

The article cites a significant number of sources, to the extent that I have been unable to review even a small fraction of them, but as far as I can tell they merely confirm the individuals death in a traffic collision, and don't discuss the collective. BilledMammal (talk) 11:12, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. BilledMammal (talk) 11:12, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. BilledMammal (talk) 11:12, 30 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete While it's a shame to delete an article that has obviously had a lot of effort put into it, the list criteria is too broad to satisfy WP:NLIST. The only thing all these list entries have in common is that they died in a collision involving a motor vehicle, which is a topic that's discussed as a statistic (e.g. Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year) rather than a list of notable incidents. This also likely fails WP:NOTCATALOG as Lists or repositories of loosely associated topics. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 12:45, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Per Dream Focus, article fits WP:LISTPURP for navigation, similar to other lists in the cause of death category. Consideration should be made for WP:SPINOUT but that's outside of the scope of this AfD and can be discussed on the article's talk page. Changing to keep. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 13:58, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 * "Why can't we say "list of people who died in traffic accidents"?" "Because accident implies no one's to blame." XOR&#39;easter (talk) 22:04, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Valid navigational list since its a valid grouping of related things, and all have a blue link to their own articles.  D r e a m Focus  05:47, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and being too broad, i.e. falling afoul of WP:SALAT. Deaths from commonplace causes are categorically (get it) not listworthy. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:34, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Category:Lists of people by cause of death shows that there are many list showing people who died from a large number of different reasons. How is it too broad?  Anyone with an article dedicated to them, who died as a result of a traffic accident, is listed here.   D r e a m Focus  13:28, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Complies with WP:LISTPURP. Generally well-cited. And at over 19,000 pageviews in the last 30 days, our readers appear to find it useful. Edwardx (talk) 14:10, 2 September 2021 (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.