Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minor United States events in 2022


 * 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. Liz Read! Talk! 09:01, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Minor United States events in 2022

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This is a content fork of 2022 in the United States. Its creation was briefly discussed at Talk:2022 in the United States and I do understand the thinking behind it (basically to trim the very long main list), but the result in my view is an undesirable fork that contradicts the principles that Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information and is not news. If an event is too "minor" to include in the main list, it is not worth listing anywhere. Furthermore, any inclusion criteria for this list would require editors to do original research, since there are no sources that categorise current events into "minor" and "major" for us.

Usually when we have overlong lists we split them by sections, e.g. into 2022 in the United States (Jan–Jun) and 2022 in the United States (Jul–Dec), not by significance. We have thousands of "events in year"-type lists, so I think it would be a good idea to reach a wider consensus on whether this new subtype is desirable, before a significant precedent is set. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 09:04, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, Lists,  and United States of America. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 09:04, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Pinging participants in previous discussions of this article: . –&#8239;Joe (talk) 09:09, 18 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. TomCat4680 (talk) 09:19, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per my concerns on talk page where I cited WP:INDISCRIMINATE. The article's scope is rather all-encompassing, and requires editor's subjective judgement to decide what is minor. Once we begin including things like routine sports results, the floodgates have opened. I must confess to not being a fan of these events in year lists, especially when the scope is so very broad. JohnmgKing (talk) 09:29, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Strong delete per nom. Minor events are far too commonplace and hard to categorize to warrant a list of them. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:12, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Or add October 2022 snowstorm. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:36, 21 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTNEWS and WP:INDISCRIMINATE. ✍A.WagnerC (talk) 11:45, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete also as content fork. Fad Ariff (talk) 12:14, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree with JohnmgKing that what is considered "minor" in this case is subjective. A celebrity could block another on Twitter and, as long as there's a news article about it, it could be added to the list. Waddles 🗩 🖉 17:10, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: Agree with the nominator and others that this a content fork and a violation of WP:NOTNEWS. Sal2100 (talk) 18:13, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete but after some time to potentially move some entries to other articles. I created the article originally to avoid the main 2022 in the US article and intending to avoid violating NOTNEWS, but it looks like the idea inherently fails it. I say to wait though as some events could fit into 2022 in the United States, 2022 in sports, etc. Maybe a better word to describe what I am suggesting is “ Divesting the article” as opposed to delete. InvadingInvader (talk) 02:16, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't think we have any reliable way of delaying deletion after the AfD is closed. It will run seven days, but if that's not enough time, you might want to ask the deleting admin to restore the last version to your userspace. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 06:43, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. The giveaway is in the article's title. Wikipedia is not a collection of insignificant news. Ajf773 (talk) 09:31, 19 October 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.