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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 02:54, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Manihari Ghat ferry disaster (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Doesn't meet WP:NOTNEWS IMO, not WP:LASTING - this kind of accident is sadly common and nothing about this event indicates notability Gbawden (talk) 09:42, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep I do not agree that the ferry disasters killing over 400 people are common in India or for that matter anywhere else.Shyamsunder (talk) 10:18, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This seems like a pretty major maritime disaster, worth having an article about. If it's part of a series of similar disasters I wouldn't oppose merging into a central article discussing them, however. --Delirium (talk) 12:55, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, clearly a major event. It appears in a few books, and there seems to be good material to expand it and cover the political aftermaths of the tragedy. --Soman (talk) 16:45, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:09, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:10, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:10, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - It needs expanding ALOT but hopefully the nom will do just that, Plus per above obviously a major disaster. –Davey2010 • (talk) 21:26, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - An article of a ferry disaster of the same magnitude in the United States wouldn't even be considered for AfD. As a matter of fact, the much less deadlier MV George Prince ferry disaster is extremely notable. Might this be a case of systemic bias?--Oakshade (talk) 07:00, 17 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Only if it gets deleted. Instead, it looks a lot like SNOW today. Anarchangel (talk) 22:30, 20 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Google search shows it in books. 400 fatality-accident seems notable. --Jersey92 (talk) 00:02, 18 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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