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The result was delete. The consensus is that this meets WP:NOTNEWS -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 17:03, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2010 Romanian Air Force Antonov An-2 crash[edit]

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WP:NOTNEWS. A tragic accident, but not one with any lasting notability. Little to no ongoing coverage. A mere few weeks later and it seems to have been forgotten by the media. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:19, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:54, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:54, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - the An-2 is not a small aircraft, ~~having a wingspan larger than the Douglas DC-3~~. Twelve dead is a significant number which adds weight to the notablilty. The accident happened in Romania, which means that coverage in en-sources is likely to be sparse and it won't be very widely reported in Romania either. This does not detract from the notability of the event though. Mjroots (talk) 06:22, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The accident resulted in 12 fatalities, 2 people injured and a loss of the aircraft. Hard to see why this accident isn't a notable event. C1010 (talk) 06:55, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep - notability and media coverage really exist - Eugen Simion 14 (talk) 06:59, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This crash actually got a paragraph in at least one Australian capital-city newspaper, however as HJ Mitchell points out it falls foul of WP:NOTNEWS. It does not meet the criteria set out for military aircraft crashes in WP:AIRCRASH either. The An-2 seats 12 (i.e. similar seating capacity to a King Air 200) versus a DC-3's 32 and does not have a larger wingspan than a DC-3, unless you add the spans of the two wings together (which you wouldn't do as a method of comparing aircraft types). YSSYguy (talk) 07:49, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I've struck my incorrect comment re wingspan. Mjroots (talk) 08:09, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete or redirect to an article on the airplane model, where this crash is already included.. Single engine biplane crash with 12 fatalities. If 12 people are killed in a highway smashup, in a disease outbreak or in a tenement fire, or in the sinking of a small boat in wartime, it would not seem to require enshrinement forever in encyclopedias. Per Wikipedia is not a directory, Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information and in particular WP:NOTNEWS. Edison (talk) 16:55, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No lasting notability, we're not wikinews. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 15:24, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete per Edison's good comment on the matter. Ryan Norton 11:45, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, standard WP:NOTNEWS case. Stifle (talk) 15:36, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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