Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2007 Painesville, Ohio train derailment

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 16:32, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2007 Painesville, Ohio train derailment

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In keeping with WP:EVENT and WP:NOTNEWS, this derailment was, perhaps, important enough to stay up for a few days to see if it was going to have any ongoing notability, but there's no indication that it has. No one was killed, the lawsuits were inevitable and equally inconsequential, it's not being used as a "poster child" event to illustrate the need for some kind of reform, the only things that make it different from hundreds of other derailments were the fire, risk of explosion (which didn't happen), and the evacuation, none of which seem important enough to make the article "for the ages" encyclopedic. It is, unquestionably, a well-written and well-sourced article, but it just doesn't have the importance needed to stay here. TRANSPORTERMAN (TALK) 14:48, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:17, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ohio-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:18, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:18, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
List of railway accidents in the United States would be an ideal article to which cases such as this with marginal notabilty could be merged or redirected. Unfortunately it doesn't exist. This derailment must be of some noteworthiness when considering the history of railway safety in the USA, but it doesn't warrant it's own article. Delete unless somewhere to merge to can be found. --Pontificalibus (talk) 16:37, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per WP:NOTNEWS and WP:EVENT. This freight derailment did not cause injuries or have and enduring effects. It is already included in List of rail accidents (2000–2009). Edison (talk) 19:37, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- a completely NN event. Peterkingiron (talk) 20:14, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Might have been newsworthy then, but no evidence of actual notability then or now. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:37, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete WP:NOTNEWS Admrboltz (talk) 00:14, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:EFFECT. This crash has had lasting effects, as can be shown by sourced information on lawsuits. Dew Kane (talk) 02:43, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Looks like a fairly notable event. Dough 48 72 04:02, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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