Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sterling, Virginia house explosion

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The result was delete‎. To be honest, I'm not sure how to carry out "Delete and Merge". I think you have that backwards. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 08:48, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sterling, Virginia house explosion[edit]

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Copying from a previous nomination template:

I am skeptical of the notability of this event under Wikipedia's guidelines for event notability. The inclusion criteria notes traits related both to the event itself and to the coverage of it:

An event that is a precedent or catalyst for something else of lasting significance is likely to be notable. While it is too early to tell for certain, there is no reason to believe that this event serves as a catalyst for anything broader.

Notable events usually have significant impact over a wide region, domain, or widespread societal group. The effect of this event is localized to one block of one neighborhood, plus those nearby who heard and felt the explosion.

An event must receive significant or in-depth coverage to be notable. The coverage is limited to a discussion of the events themselves.

Significant national or international coverage is usually expected for an event to be notable. Wide-ranging reporting tends to show significance, but sources that simply mirror or tend to follow other sources, or are under common control with other sources, are usually discounted. So far only one domestic news source has been cited, largely following the pattern of simply restating events according to investigators and eyewitnesses as they occurred.

Borgenland (talk) 06:31, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events and Virginia. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:32, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This has yet to be demonstrated as a notable event, and Wikipedia is not a news service. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 19:50, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: per WP:NOTNEWS. Houses explode sometime, it happens. I haven't even heard of this town and I live in Virginia, so it's unlikely to have any sustained coverage or ramifications. StreetcarEnjoyer (talk) 21:44, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It's a simple WP:NOTNEWS case here, and I'm really tired of these obvious cases being based on generic wire reports; build articles from local sources first and go from there. Nate • (chatter) 00:09, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: per WP:NOTNEWS greyzxq ^talk 15:09, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I'm actually the one who wrote out the nomination language that Borgenland used, and I agree that it applies here as well. I suspect that people don't realize how common home explosions are (not so common that the average person would experience one in their lifetime, but common enough that a few of them happen in the United States alone each year). When I set up a news alert for the house 2023 explosion in Arlington, VA, I got a lot of articles about home explosions in other states as well that had happened since then. It's dramatic, but that does not make it newsworthy. --Delta1989 (talk) (contributions) 00:29, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editing to instead suggest Delete and Merge into Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System#Notable Incidents. Within the context of the LC-CFRS, the incident actually is notable as possibly the single worst incident by casualty count for its members. A quick search actually does not turn up any other line of duty deaths for Loudoun County firefighters, and the large numbers of injuries in addition to the death does raise the degree of notability. That said, the notability of this event is relative to the LC-CFRS, and so it likely does not merit its own article. --Delta1989 (talk) (contributions) 01:52, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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