Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Super storm


 * 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 as a disambiguation page. (non-admin closure) Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:34, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Super storm

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The article has no purpose except to propose a social media hashtag for Hurricane Sandy. This could have been a megastorm or major storm or any number of superlatives of a storm. This is unnecessary, vanity, scientific gobledygook that adds nothing to the encyclopedia. This reason will nearly match the length of the pathetic article. I suggest we redirect this to Hurricane Sandy. I like to saw logs! (talk) 10:08, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. The article's been around since 2006 (so it's not true that it was created in response to Sandy), and it was once slightly less of a stub. But "super storm" is such a vague term, and isn't used all that often in the media, as far as I can tell; if there's any useful information here, it can be better covered in existing articles like cyclone and hurricane. I don't agree with redirecting to Hurricane Sandy, because the term has been used to refer to several other famous storms. DoctorKubla (talk) 21:40, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:26, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:27, 15 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep as disambig page. It's an obvious search term and gets about 100 views a day. However, searching shows that sources use the phrase to refer to a severe Geomagnetic storm, as well as to a severe Storm or Tropical cyclone, to the 1993 Storm of the Century (where even the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration used the term), and to Superstorm (film). Essentially, "super storm" is an adjective/noun combination that can mean several different things -- a classic situation where disambiguation is needed. -- 202.124.88.39 (talk) 04:59, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep as disambig per above. I note that the recent Typhoon Soulik has also been described as a "super typhoon". Ansh666 20:35, 15 July 2013 (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.