Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yellowknife tornado


 * 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   merge to List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks. Even most creative interpretation of policy does not allow relisting where consensus exists already, so I have ignored the non-admin relisting. Consensus for the current article is as follows: a.) The tornado is not notable on its own based on available sources and references but b.) warrants its own article if more details, sources and references can be found. As such, the consensus is to merge but is explicitly not against significantly expanding it instead. Regards  So Why  11:20, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Yellowknife tornado

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Either a hoax or completely non-notable. No references available, and while if the text of the article were true it would be notable, I can find no evidence that it is the case. No permutation of "Yellowknife" or "Northwest Territories" and "tornado" yields any relevant google hits aside from Wikipedia and mirrors. Would love to find sources if they exist, but I don't think they do.  Running On Brains (talk page) 06:29, 13 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment several hits come up at Google Books ; as with anything that predates the widespread use of the web, these things don't usually show up on a standard Google Search ; however, when I did a standard google search, I found many things about a Yellowknife tornado that had absolutely nothing to do with the Wikipedia entry...    /// etc. 76.66.194.17 (talk) 08:51, 13 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete, unless references of this "event" or another notable Yellowknife tornado are found. -- Ks0stm  ( T • C ) 13:29, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge. It seems that this is an actual event, that at the least a few references can be found for, based on the reference on the page. Ks0stm   ( T • C ) 21:29, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge with List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks. I've done some research on the tornado and found that other than the unusually northern latitude of it, it wasn't that notable. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 17:25, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment My only concern is with the unusual lack of any sources. If it was well-sourced, than an article could easily exist on the northernmost known tornado. However, as it stands, most of the article is false (F4 damage? I don't buy it). - Running On Brains (talk page) 18:18, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Which tornado is this? The one in 1962 or 1978? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 18:23, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Now that you bring it up, I have no idea. There was more than one? - Running On Brains (talk page) 19:24, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The source I put in was for the 1978 one, the one for the sources above are for the 1962 one. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:25, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah. I removed one of your sources, because it is copied from answers.com, which is a Wikipedia mirror site. I really wish these sources were out there, because we need more non-US tornado articles.- Running On Brains (talk page) 20:06, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, the event itself is not very notable, nor the sources pass WP:RS. Tito xd (?!? - cool stuff) 04:55, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge. I agree with cyclonebiskit. Fairly notable, with the northely latitude and some damage recorded but very sketchy details on it. Regarding the number of times, I've the found one from 78, not much on the 62.  Athe Weatherman   16:15, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge somewhere - Definitely notable, but we don't know much about it, aside from the fact that it existed. Should be mentioned somewhere nonetheless. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:14, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 09:29, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - I'm currently looking for off-line sources, so could the closing admin please relist this? Thanks. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 19:44, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
 * 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.