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
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The result was no consensus. There is clearly no consensus to delete this article, but opinion is evenly divided on whether the topic requires a standalone article. This latter question is better suited to a merge discussion.
Vanamonde (
talk) 09:36, 25 August 2018 (UTC)reply
WP:SYNTHESIS of anecdotal weather reports and occasional temperature records. No strong effects or
WP:LASTING significance. Wikipedia is not the Weather Channel. β
JFGtalk 10:10, 9 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Strong Oppose for all β absolutely no reason to even consider this and the others for deletion. This particular event caused one of the coldest starts to January in North America since at least 2014. If youβre so picky about wanting to delete this then I guess
Early 2014 North American cold wave should be deleted as well by all chances.. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 11:54, 9 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep or merge - Article is well referenced. If this article cannot be kept, it should be redirected to
2017β18 North American winter, or another suitable target. @
MarioProtIV:, you might want to comment on each individual AFD submission. --
Jax 0677 (
talk) 17:18, 9 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Delete or merge Winter happens every year, sometimes worse than other years, and broken weather records are quite frequent. Sources are contemporaneous weather news that do not provide lasting impacts or notability.
Reywas92Talk 19:00, 9 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep - Article is well-referenced and had significant impacts across the Eastern US. Multiple records were broken and millions of people were affected by this event; it's definitely notable enough to have an article.
LightandDark2000 (
talk) 20:45, 9 August 2018 (UTC)reply
I hadn't noticed we had an article for each winter season. This looks like a great merge target indeed. I would support merge rather than deletion. β
JFGtalk 07:12, 13 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: As there seems a three-way disagreement as to delete, merge or keep.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
Nosebagbear (
talk) 14:48, 16 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Merge as suggested.
Bearian (
talk) 16:16, 19 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep. Satisfies GNG and set many records.
James500 (
talk) 17:01, 21 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep or Merge. Multiple records are notable. Yes, records tend to be broken every few years, but such is the fate of records, Olympic records for example, we still write about them when they are broken. --
GRuban (
talk) 18:50, 21 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Merge (to suggested Winter target). I am unclear whether this would satisfy GNG, and in any case, I believe it would be an unwarranted content fork (just because it might be capable of being self-standing, doesn't mean it should).
Nosebagbear (
talk) 10:49, 23 August 2018 (UTC)reply
CEASE MERGING FOR NOW - as the discussion has been reopened, the in-progress merges should cease for now.
Nosebagbear (
talk) 19:00, 24 August 2018 (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.
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 no consensus. There is clearly no consensus to delete this article, but opinion is evenly divided on whether the topic requires a standalone article. This latter question is better suited to a merge discussion.
Vanamonde (
talk) 09:36, 25 August 2018 (UTC)reply
WP:SYNTHESIS of anecdotal weather reports and occasional temperature records. No strong effects or
WP:LASTING significance. Wikipedia is not the Weather Channel. β
JFGtalk 10:10, 9 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Strong Oppose for all β absolutely no reason to even consider this and the others for deletion. This particular event caused one of the coldest starts to January in North America since at least 2014. If youβre so picky about wanting to delete this then I guess
Early 2014 North American cold wave should be deleted as well by all chances.. --MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 11:54, 9 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep or merge - Article is well referenced. If this article cannot be kept, it should be redirected to
2017β18 North American winter, or another suitable target. @
MarioProtIV:, you might want to comment on each individual AFD submission. --
Jax 0677 (
talk) 17:18, 9 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Delete or merge Winter happens every year, sometimes worse than other years, and broken weather records are quite frequent. Sources are contemporaneous weather news that do not provide lasting impacts or notability.
Reywas92Talk 19:00, 9 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep - Article is well-referenced and had significant impacts across the Eastern US. Multiple records were broken and millions of people were affected by this event; it's definitely notable enough to have an article.
LightandDark2000 (
talk) 20:45, 9 August 2018 (UTC)reply
I hadn't noticed we had an article for each winter season. This looks like a great merge target indeed. I would support merge rather than deletion. β
JFGtalk 07:12, 13 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: As there seems a three-way disagreement as to delete, merge or keep.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
Nosebagbear (
talk) 14:48, 16 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Merge as suggested.
Bearian (
talk) 16:16, 19 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep. Satisfies GNG and set many records.
James500 (
talk) 17:01, 21 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep or Merge. Multiple records are notable. Yes, records tend to be broken every few years, but such is the fate of records, Olympic records for example, we still write about them when they are broken. --
GRuban (
talk) 18:50, 21 August 2018 (UTC)reply
Merge (to suggested Winter target). I am unclear whether this would satisfy GNG, and in any case, I believe it would be an unwarranted content fork (just because it might be capable of being self-standing, doesn't mean it should).
Nosebagbear (
talk) 10:49, 23 August 2018 (UTC)reply
CEASE MERGING FOR NOW - as the discussion has been reopened, the in-progress merges should cease for now.
Nosebagbear (
talk) 19:00, 24 August 2018 (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
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