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The result was delete. Sandstein 08:04, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2012 Algerian Air Force C-295 crash[edit]

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Tragic but not notable military aviation accident. Military crashes are quite common. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 00:49, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep: As part of WP:BEFORE, you are supposed to tell us how the five sources in the article make it not notable... Also [1][2][3][4][5] make it pass WP:GNG. Regards, Comte0 (talk) 09:45, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That’s easily answered; the references in the article consist of contemporary news reports and an entry in a comprehensive aircraft crash database, while the extra sources above consist of more contemporary news reports and a blog. No lasting significance concerning this event has been demonstrated, just the usual blip of reportage that might have got two sentences on Page 11 of a newspaper in the pre-internet days. Documenting that the crash took place on multiple websites carrying the same news report without any further discussion does not make the event itself notable, so Delete. YSSYguy (talk) 08:24, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per YSSYguy. WP:AIRCRASH is only an essay, but it seems to be the de facto deletion guideline. Military crashes have a higher standard than civilian ones. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:18, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete. AIRCRASH is often wrong about military crashes of this magnitude - military transport crashes are actually quite often notable - though 6 not very notable fatalities is borderline. However, this particular 6 fatality crash received coverage mainly around the event (and that's all the sourcing in the article). Comte0 in his collection of links above provides 1 source on an investigation from 2013 - the rest are 2012. My BEFORE shows mainly 2012, as well as very brief blurb mentions in the context of 2018 Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash (as a previous Algerian military crash). Thus, what is lacking here is in-depth WP:SUSTAINED coverage. Icewhiz (talk) 10:04, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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