Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tri-State tornado (disambiguation)


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  23:44, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Tri-State tornado (disambiguation)

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This was hastily created based on news of a very recent tornado. The tornado from 2021 will not and has not been known as the "Tri-State tornado". Other tornadoes have crossed through three states and are not referred to as such as aren't mentioned here. The page is unnecessary as a whole. United States Man (talk) 23:42, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep/Creator - Well, I guess we are doing this now rather than waiting for later date. Technically speaking, as of this moment in time, there was a SECOND tri-state tornado.  Of course, this will never be known as THE tri-state tornado, but nevertheless the term “tri-state tornado” can be used for that tornado.  I asked that the deleted wait until it was confirmed tri or quad for a possibly speedy delete or perm keep, but since we doing this now, we doing it now.  Basic terminology here, not implying that anyone will ever refer to this as THE tri-state tornado, just that the term “Tri-state tornado” can be used for both tornadoes. Elijahandskip (talk) 23:58, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * P.S. Deleting this would go against the very reason we have disambiguation pages. Elijahandskip (talk) 23:58, 11 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. No such animal. There were tornado outbreaks in the tri-state area, but no individual "Tri-State tornado". Only one such animal. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:37, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * What about the 2nd box in the December 10 list, the one that went through Leachville, Arkansas. I know that is the "Quad-state tornado" but the quad hasn't been confirmed.  So right now, it is a tri-state tornado. Elijahandskip (talk) 03:06, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Descriptive terms are not what dab pages are for. Otherwise, we'd have Pacific typhoon (disambiguation), California earthquake (disambiguation), etc. We do have List of earthquakes in California because they're a notable topic. I doubt that tri-state typhoons are discussed as a group, however. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:14, 12 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:52, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Even if the recent tornado did impact three states, which as yet to be determined, the term "Tri-State tornado" is not being used to describe it. Nor is this tornado the only other example. SPC records list 10 three-state tornadoes from 1950-2019, but only the 1925 event is commonly called the Tri-State tornado. Furthermore, anticipating how this path might be broken up before the survey is completed, and what the tornado might be called depending on that, violates WP:CRYSTAL and WP:NOR. TornadoLGS (talk) 20:03, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment A three-state tornado has been confirmed (no quad-state tornado this time). Mentions of a Tri-State tornado, though, only seem to mention the 1925 event in comparison to the recent storm, rather than calling this a Tri-State tornado. TornadoLGS (talk) 20:38, 18 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete - a disambiguation page would be needed to distinguish between articles for tornadoes that are known as "Tri-State tornado". There is only one entry that qualifies so there is no disambiguation needed. -- Whpq (talk) 23:02, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. Deathlibrarian (talk) 07:09, 18 December 2021 (UTC)


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