The result was delete. Fritzpoll ( talk) 09:37, 20 April 2009 (UTC) reply
*Keep The main statements of
WP:NOTNEWS are that Routine news coverage of such things as announcements, sports, and tabloid journalism are not sufficient basis for an article, which doesn't really apply, and breaking news should not be emphasized or otherwise treated differently from other information, which guides us to incorporate recent developments into the article rather than giving them prominence.
WP:N is the basis that should be used for article creation. I am of the opinion that
freak events with death tolls above a few people are automatically notable, so long as we have the reliable sources to make an article or addition to an existing article. These events are used as examples to change safety regulations, are something people remember (and fear, especially factory workers in Asia; a large population), and are unexpected enough that they don't get relegated to statistics like
Gang violence (unless we want to merge it all into an
Industrial Detonation in Asia article). It has significant, independent, reliable coverage at the national level
[1] and was printed by global news outlets including Aljazeera
[2] and the Wall Street Journal
[3].
Habanero-tan (
talk) 22:20, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
reply
The result was delete. Fritzpoll ( talk) 09:37, 20 April 2009 (UTC) reply
*Keep The main statements of
WP:NOTNEWS are that Routine news coverage of such things as announcements, sports, and tabloid journalism are not sufficient basis for an article, which doesn't really apply, and breaking news should not be emphasized or otherwise treated differently from other information, which guides us to incorporate recent developments into the article rather than giving them prominence.
WP:N is the basis that should be used for article creation. I am of the opinion that
freak events with death tolls above a few people are automatically notable, so long as we have the reliable sources to make an article or addition to an existing article. These events are used as examples to change safety regulations, are something people remember (and fear, especially factory workers in Asia; a large population), and are unexpected enough that they don't get relegated to statistics like
Gang violence (unless we want to merge it all into an
Industrial Detonation in Asia article). It has significant, independent, reliable coverage at the national level
[1] and was printed by global news outlets including Aljazeera
[2] and the Wall Street Journal
[3].
Habanero-tan (
talk) 22:20, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
reply