Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005

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The result was keep. John254 01:43, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005[edit]

non-notable solar eclipse. From what I have seen, only total solar eclipses have pages and this is the only non-total eclipse to have an article per List of solar eclipses. Tavix (talk) 23:34, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep. It is one of only three hybrid eclipses listed here, and extensive Google hits, but the article needs to be improved to be kept. The other 2 hybrid eclipses didn't have articles, although they happened in the 1980's. -=Elfin=-³⁴¹ 02:11, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A hybrid eclipse is total in some places, and every total eclipse is also only total in some places, so the nominator's rationale doesn't really hold water. Phil Bridger (talk) 12:39, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Contrary to the nominator's baseless opinion, hybrid solar eclipses are rarer than total solar eclipses. Alansohn (talk) 13:00, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I left a note at WikiProject Space regarding opportunity to discuss this AfD nom. Coffee4me (talk) 02:28, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - according to Solar eclipse#Types, hybrid eclipses are "rather rare", presumably rarer than total eclipses, and therefore more notable. — Tivedshambo _(t|c) 07:48, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep - at least the article should be extended; the entry in the List of solar eclipses about this hybrid eclipse is longer than the article. Should include at least the duration of the eclipse and the countries in which it was visible. Then it could be considered as a regular stub that can be kept. --Proofreader (talk) 11:46, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Tivedshambo. Suggest a speedy close due to the poorly formed rationale for the proposed deletion. RFerreira (talk) 19:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Tivedshambo & RFerriera. This is the only hybrid eclipse in the 21st century so far. (check List of solar eclipses). I've been lucky enough to see a total eclipse and it was certainly notable and I'm glad to just find out we have a nice article on it. Never heard of a hybrid eclipse before but if they're considerably rarer they're individually notable too. Every eclipse is different. Qwfp (talk) 20:33, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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