Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 Honshu earthquake

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The result was Speedy keep per Umbralcorax' and Dennis' reasoning. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 16:52, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2010 Honshu earthquake

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Per WP:NOTNEWS. Guys, please stop with the earthquake articles creation madness that began afther Chile and Haiti. DAI (Δ) 12:38, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep- Earthquake was a 6.6, which I blieve helps edge it past the WP:NOTNEWS threshhold into the encyclopedic area. If this were an article on the minor unfelt earthquakes my old area gets from tiem to time, then yeah, that's pretty minor. This, however, is not. Umbralcorax (talk) 14:38, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. There is plenty of precedent to keep major earthquakes; they invariably become notable just from the media coverage alone. WP:NOTNEWS does not apply in this context. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 14:52, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - It is a 6.6 magnitude earthquake, which makes it almost 1000 times stronger than the 3.8 magnitude earthquake in northern Illinois (2010 Illinois earthquake). A 6.6 magnitude earthquake is rather strong. I am the creator of this article. Av9 (talk) 16:07, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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