Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 South Kivu tank truck explosion

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The result was speedy keep. Page is linked to from ITN on the main page. Fences&Windows 14:08, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2010 South Kivu tank truck explosion

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The creation of these sorts of articles rally needs to be nipped in the bud IMO, stem the tide of gathering newscruft per WP:NOT#NEWS. In particular we turn to WP:NEWSEVENT, where this event has no foreseeable lasting effect or historical significance, no real in-depth coverage (truck blew up, people steal fuel, authorities investigate, rinse, repeat through AP, AFP, Reuters, etc...). This is not what an encyclopedia is for. Tarc (talk) 13:28, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - AFD rationales should be specific to the article in question. If you want to debate wider issues about news, recentism etc there are other avenues for that - the AFD process should not be used to try and set a sitewide policy/precedent. Exxolon (talk) 13:50, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Lord knows I'm fully behind NEWSEVENT, but 230 dead is a huge total for what was effectively just a traffic accident. It surely has to be a record in some respect. I find it very unlikely that this specific incident will not be remembered in the Congo, and not to wave the systemic bias flag, but had this happened in a Western country, the article would be ten pages long by now. MickMacNee (talk) 13:58, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - See above. Toa Nidhiki05 14:03, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. WP:EVENT advises not making such rapid and rash deletion nominations. International coverage ticks at least one box, and the President of the country has visited the site and declared two days of mourning.[1] I suggest that we leave some time to see what, if any, lasting effect or coverage this produces, and then perhaps a selective merge to a suitable location could be suggested if this is later seen not to meet the guidance in WP:EVENT. Fences&Windows 14:03, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep: 230 dead and this thing's not notable? There are airplane crashes that killed 150 and they're on this site. Heck, there are airplane crashes that killed 15 and are on this site. There are van crashes that killed 8. Obvious keep. (getting diffs for the referenced edits) N419 BH 14:05, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.