Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Tullaghmurray Lass


 * 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. --Dangherous 17:19, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

The Tullaghmurray Lass


Page is about a boat which sank off the shores of Northern Ireland in 2002 and 3 members of its crew, all of the same family, died as a result. This seems to me as borderline notable. But maybe for Northern Irelanders there is something historic and symbolic or otherwise notable about it. I wouldn't know, am not from N.I. --Dangherous 14:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC) Dangherous 14:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep for the moment; I think a merge would be better, but I can't think of anywhere to where it could be merged! HamishMacBeth 17:33, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Undecided - leaning towards weak delete. Certainly the event got plenty of attention when it happened, and as such there are a plethora of news clippings written about it.  On the flip side, sad as the sinking was, 3 victims is not that many and the vessel was not large enough to have significant enviornmental impact.  I'm going to see what happens with this article over the next few days before making up my mind.  In the meantime, I've added the boat to the list of Irish shipwrecks with the hope that more people will see the article and it's proposed deletion. →bobby ← 17:54, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete No claim made of encyclopedic notability. Media coverage does not automatically equal encyclopedic notability. Wikipedia is not a news report database or a memorial archive.Bwithh 19:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, I've added a few references and more detail and feel that notability is clearly established here. It was an event where three people died, from the same family, and with the same name. It was covered in multiple local and national publications as well as the NI Assembly. I've also added detail on the wider issue of the safety of the Kilkeel/Ardglass fleet. Stu   ’Bout ye!  10:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * AFD retracted, if something is mentioned in the NI Assembly, and has all this reports on it, it's notable. --Dangherous 17:19, 7 November 2006 (UTC)