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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 keep. – Joe (talk) 15:03, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Spring 2013 United Kingdom cold spell[edit]

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Ordinary weather reports. No WP:LASTING effects. "The daffodil flower crop bloomed too late for Mothering Sunday and Easter." Darn! — JFG talk 09:33, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for participating. — JFG talk 10:20, 9 August 2018 (UTC) — Updated 09:12, 2 September 2018 (UTC).[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 11:18, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 11:18, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 11:39, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Winter happens every year, sometimes worse than other years. Sources are contemporaneous weather news that do not provide lasting impacts or notability. Reywas92Talk 18:57, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep If we were running out of storage space, then I suppose such minor articles might be deleted, but this was a notable event, with winter conditions appearing in what is normally spring, and it is occasionally mentioned round here as an exceptional event. Why not retain the record? There are thousands of articles on much more trivial topics. Dbfirs 20:21, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Why not indeed? While we don't lack storage space, that is not a sufficient reason to keep details about a local late-blooming spring. Wikipedia is not about WP:EVERYTHING. Regarding the abundance of articles on more trivial topics, I sympathize with the excess of WP:POKEMON too, but that is unrelated, per WP:OTHERSTUFF. — JFG talk 13:09, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 01:35, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Satisfies GNG. Decimated livestock and wildlife, caused various problems, worst march since 1883, worst Easter Sunday since records began. James500 (talk) 16:49, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 08:51, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Satisfies GNG. It caused records to be broken and terrible effects. AmericanAir88(talk) 16:31, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: a sufficiently referenced article about an unusual natural phenomenon with notable effects on economony. Satisfies WP:GNG. K.e.coffman (talk) 19:55, 25 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete This article consists of WP:ROUTINE coverage and fails WP:GNG because there are no sources here or elsewhere that demonstrate that spring 2013 was remarkably unique in the U.K. Temperature or snowfall records are constantly being broken around the world every day, so there is nothing that stands out in this article as permanently deserving of a place in this encyclopedia. Animal migration patterns vary to some degree every year from time immemorial and livestock losses are an unfortunate part of life for any farmer, and commonly happen in winter. So do crop harvesting times and plant survival rates. This article has a slight focus on the holiday Easter, which shifts in date every year, so the temperature record is pretty much meaningless and the daffodil crop news as justification for this article is a joke. This event was a bit meaningful for those in the U.K. at the time, but only because that was their reality on planet earth then, it doesn't have notable meaning in the U.K. now because the planet kept turning for those with their heads in the real world and not stuck in the Weather channel's archives. Newshunter12 (talk) 12:49, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Severe winter conditions occurring in spring are not "routine" in the UK. The fact that the planet turns doesn't mean that we forget all past events. Dbfirs 06:17, 1 September 2018 (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.
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