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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Randykitty (talk) 14:16, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Autumn 2011 United Kingdom heat wave[edit]

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Ordinary weather reports. More people at the zoo. Fails WP:NEVENT. — JFG talk 21:10, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for participating. — JFG talk 11:41, 13 July 2018 (UTC) — Last updated 19:36, 12 September 2018 (UTC).[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Tyw7  (🗣️ Talk • ✍️ Contributions) Please ping me if you had replied 01:04, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. Tyw7  (🗣️ Talk • ✍️ Contributions) Please ping me if you had replied 01:04, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Tyw7  (🗣️ Talk • ✍️ Contributions) Please ping me if you had replied 01:04, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: It occurs to me we should probably merge these articles into something. I notice there are, for example, a lot of "Global storm activity of..." articles (this one being an example) so perhaps something like that is appropriate here. These events are worth mentioning, but don't justify a standalone article in most cases. This is Paul (talk) 16:45, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Given that this heatwave resulted in record temperatures for the time of year that it occurred I feel it is noteworthy enough to keep this article, and to keep it as a separate article. Rillington (talk) 19:19, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep All of these weather events are extreme and abnormal, that have an effect on people's lives, sometimes resulting in death and can also effect a nations economy. As well as producing record temperatures. All of these articles should remain as individual articles as they all have different effects for that specific heat wave. They are a significant event and should each be kept on Wikipedia. NewandClean (talk) 13:55, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That's largely an WP:ILIKEIT argument. Can you point us to any sources describing significant or WP:LASTING effects of this particular Indian summer? The article as it stands only quotes minor anecdotal issues, such as selling fewer raincoats. Oh my! — JFG talk 20:59, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:44, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Nothing really comes into the territory of a severe heat wave. Everything reads as a standard heat wave rather than a severe one that would meet GNG or NEVENT. Standard non-notable heatwaves still break records occasionally and kill the ill and elderly. There's needs to be a bit more than that. The arguments above about the time of year are odd since heat waves can occur any time of year. Kingofaces43 (talk) 20:22, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 14:30, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The article currently has 16 references and from a number of sources. Also, the variety of sources suggest that the heatwave was significant enough for it to receive widespread coverage from the UK media so I'd say that this helps to make it notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia. Rillington (talk) 16:18, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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