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The result was keep. -- Scott Burley (talk) 07:13, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Northwest District Explosion[edit]

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Fails WP:EVENT. This 2016 natural gas explosion in Portland, Oregon received significant coverage in local news outlets—such as OregonLive ([1]), KGW ([2]), and KATU ([3][4])—but has not received the breadth of coverage required to establish notability. In particular, the event does not meet WP:DIVERSE, which states that "Significant national or international coverage is usually expected for an event to be notable." All of the sources I have been able to find on this event are local media in the Portland area. In my evaluation, the event has not received enough coverage to warrant inclusion in a global encyclopedia. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 20:46, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:48, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:50, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with List of gas explosions. This article could potentially be saved if some larger scale sources were found (such as NBC or AP), but I think it would be better off to just merge it with List of gas explosions because although this incident deserves a little recognition on Wikipedia due to its scale, a standalone article is probably not fitting. That article also does not mention the incident and as a result does not link to this page. Seanthemouse (talk) 12:35, 13 April 2019 (EST)

@Seanthemouse:, It does now. Have a look. The article looks like someone started it and abandoned it. I made some changes to it. I don't see any notability issues now.Graywalls (talk) 14:46, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

strong keep This wasn't an average gas explosion that blew off a sliding door or a routine drug cookery gone wrong. I remember when this happened. It had a significant community impact and received significant and repeated coverage as they investigate the event. It continued to get coverage beyond a brief period after the event. KPTV Nov 2018. In other AfD discussions I have been involved in, the general perception was that the Oregonian is considered regional. This story was aired nationally. Associated Press,ABC News via YouTube,NBC News via KGW CBS News Bay Area via YouTubeGraywalls (talk) 21:56, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Keep per Graywalls. Mosaicberry (talk) 13:06, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - My initial thought was to propose a merge, but after reading the above comments and gathering some more information on the subject, I believe this article does meet notability criteria and should be kept. Spyder212 (talk) 19:17, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, meets WP:GNG with sustained significant coverage in independent, national, reliable sources. This AP wire is national coverage two years after the explosion. This is regional coverage one year later. This and this (paywall) are regional coverage two years later. Plus there was a bunch of national contemporary coverage (e.g., Fox, NBC, AP, US News, USA Today). Here is what the article looked like when it was nominated, but since then, Graywalls has rescued it by expanding it significantly. Well done! Leviv ich 18:12, 25 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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