- 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 Tornadoes of 2008. I indicated a Merge closure but if there is no content worth salvaging at the main article, this page can simply be made into a redirect. Liz Read! Talk! 02:26, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
2008 Vancouver, Washington tornado
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Nominating
per request of
74.101.118.197, who lists the following rationale: another stub article that fails
WP:NOTNEWS and
WP:LASTING. If a merge is necessary, can easily be merged into
Tornadoes of 2008.
Ks0stm (
T•
C•
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E) 08:06, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events and Washington. Ks0stm ( T• C• G• E) 08:08, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
- As a note, a tornado in Washington state is far more uncommon than tornadoes in the Midwest or Southern US. Per
WP:NTEMP, a Keep appears appropriate, but a merger to similar events, perhaps focusing on those in tornado-light areas such as the Pacific Northwest, might be reasonable.
Jclemens (
talk) 19:02, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
- Merge seems appropriate to me. Should not be kept per above. Also same IP as requester. 47.23.40.14 ( talk) 22:18, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
- Rather than merge, I think a redirect would be appropriate. The meat of this article can be rolled into Tornadoes of 2008 but this page should be kept to redirect to the relevant section of that page. Tornadoes in the Pacific Northwest certainly are rare, but an EF1 that caused less than US$1 million in damage, didn't damage any regionally significant structure, and has no noted fatalities or injuries doesn't seem to meet WP:NOTABILITY (events) - specifically that it didn't have lasting effects or have a large geographic scope. DJ Cane ( talk) 11:33, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: So, is the suggested option a merge/redirect to Tornadoes of 2008 or did you have another target in mind?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 06:37, 17 September 2022 (UTC)Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting as it seems like the discussion is divided between Keep/Merge or Redirect and different targets suggested. I'd rather not base a closure on one editor's opinion. It's too bad there isn't any deletion sorting for weather-related articles because I know we have plenty of active editors in this area.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 08:22, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
- Redirect – The content here should be merged into
Tornadoes of 2008, albeit appropiately (without the infobox).
United States Man (
talk) 21:32, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
- I would like to add to the closing admin that this would usually be a routine merge in WP:SEVERE as we have begun the process of removing smaller tornado-centric articles and expanding sections in the yearly Tornadoes of 20XX articles. United States Man ( talk) 21:53, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
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