Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parañaque bus accident

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 keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 02:18, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Parañaque bus accident

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WP:NOTNEWS, even every accident/tragedy is not encyclopaedically notable. That is a news issue. Lihaas (talk) 18:25, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:40, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:41, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:41, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Not every accident or tragedy is notable, but some actually are notable like this one. Just doing a quick search yields plenty of news sources covering this accident. If this article is to be deleted, you might as well delete this article as well, because that one is also a "news issue". There is definitely enough information for an article about this accident, which is why the article should stay. The article has enough sources to show that it is notable. Andise1 (talk) 20:52, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. At least twenty deaths equals a significant accident. -- Necrothesp (talk) 21:51, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well yes we may as well dlete hte article. WP:NOTTEMPORARY clearly states (though for people) "only in the context of a single event, and if that person otherwise remains, or is likely to remain, a low-profile ". Number of sources doesnt meet encyclopaedic notability because there are hordes of articles on everyday incidents. All of them cant be collated on WP. IE- Just because they are syndicated doesnt make it notable.

As for the death counbt, where there is a n absoltue number of deaths that becomes notable? More than 20 people in a bombing in iraq doesnt constitute its own article?Lihaas (talk) 17:10, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's purely a matter of opinion. -- Necrothesp (talk) 20:54, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - We can't rush to delete new articles. The reason we can't rush in (out as, as it were in this case), is that tragedy may take days or weeks to sink in. The number of deaths is merely one factor in such cases; see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Aircraft accidents and incidents. In this particular case, the number of deaths (20) and effect on a major metropolitan area's transportation network would make it likely to be notable. Bearian (talk) 17:12, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Easy keep - This news received significant coverage in int'l news media the day it happened. (Actually learned about it first from CNN). But would recommend renaming the article to Manila Skyway bus accident as this tragedy happened at the border of Parañaque and Taguig as indicated in the infobox, plus the int'l media reported it as having occured in a Manila suburb.--RioHondo (talk) 17:54, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - as per above. I also agree with RioHondo proposal to move the article to Manila Skyway bus accident. Parañaque bus accident, is too broad and may refer to any bus accident that may have happened in Parañaque. However the reactions section should focus more on reactions of relevant people such as the police, the bus company involved and city officials and not on celebrities expressing condolences and criticizing bus drivers.--Hariboneagle927 (talk) 15:10, 20 December 2013 (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.