Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Galway Bay drowning tragedy

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The result was merge to Galway Bay. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 23:07, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Galway Bay drowning tragedy[edit]

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Delete or merge: Tragedy but does not reach threshold for notability per WP:DISASTER. Quis separabit? 19:43, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:26, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:26, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Galway Bay. The tragedy has some mentions in modern sources, but not many or much detail; and the article on Galway Bay is itself quite short. --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:22, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Galway Bay... notable event but it was a one-off and does not seem to have had any lasting impact (eg, no arrests were made in the case, not an international incident, no laws were put into effect as a result). —Мандичка^YO 😜 18:30, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article needs work, but the subject appears to be notable. Everyking (talk) 19:03, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. In the past 400 years, thousands of sailors and fishermen have died off the coast in Galway Bay. We can't have a memorial article for every boat that went down. There would be hundreds of such stubs. Drowning was a predictable and all too common risk. Sorry for their loss, but what about Mrs. MacNamara's sons? Bearian (talk) 19:11, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Did anybody suggest creating a bunch of "memorial articles"? The subject appears to be notable, so it's just another article about a notable event. What's so scary about having more articles like that? Everyking (talk) 20:34, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect/Merge to Galway Bay. BenLinus 1214^talk 19:38, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.