Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Port of Beirut grain silo


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The result was delete. Tone 08:32, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Port of Beirut grain silo

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I am sincerely on the fence with this one. On one hand, this silo held a lot of grain for Lebanon and it played a big part in the 2020 Beirut explosion. But on the other hand, it really didn't rise to any semblance of prominence until the explosion. Right now, the only close claim of notability is that it once held a strategic grain reserve for Lebanon. Other than that, the subsequent events can be noted in the appropriate articles about the explosion (2020 Beirut explosion, Port of Beirut, etc). Right now, it appears that WP:NBUILDING isn't met, so this building would have to rely on WP:GNG alone. And right now, it appears to fail GNG, specifically the significant coverage point: Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention... At this point, all of the sources (except maybe one) appear to focus on the blast or its impacts to Lebanon's food reserves, while only mentioning that the silo existed, was destroyed, or took the brunt of the impact. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk)  @ 20:50, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lebanon-related deletion discussions.  « Gonzo fan2007  (talk)  @ 20:50, 19 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge details into Port of Beirut It was a workaday silo for most of its existence, but the found info about its creation and overall national strategic importance should go into the main port article.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 22:07, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge into Port of Beirut, I don't see anything that's worth noting to warrant it having its own page. ɴᴋᴏɴ21  ❯❯❯  talk  06:14, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete − Wholly ordinary, non-notable industrial facility that gained some exposure following the blast. Any relevant fact about it can be covered in the mentioned articles (2020 Beirut explosion, Port of Beirut). It is doubtful how likely Port of Beirut grain silo would be used even as a search term, so there's no point in keeping it as redirect. --Deeday-UK (talk) 08:52, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete: Eeeesh, yes, I'm sure it was a fine grain silo and held grain and everything, and the article utterly fails the GNG and all other notability criteria, seeing as we don't have WP:NSILO in place. I agree with Deeday-UK] that it's not a likely search term, given that searches for "Beirut explosion" or suchlike probably outnumber "Beirut silo" by about ∞:1. [[User talk:Ravenswing|  Ravenswing      03:27, 27 August 2020 (UTC)


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