Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 Bailundo Beechcraft Super King Air crash

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The result was delete. Stifle (talk) 11:29, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2008 Bailundo Beechcraft Super King Air crash

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There has been no significant in-depth coverage of this event, therefore the general notability guidelines criteria are not met. Not all aircraft crashes are notable, nor does the number of deaths confer notability. I have no doubt that there would have been some brief news wire reports of this crash carried by various news media at the time, but between then and now all there has been is an entry on an air crash web database. I am not in favour of redirecting to the Beechcraft Super King Air article, as I don't think that the article title would actually be a useful search term. YSSYguy (talk) 04:41, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It meets the criteria for inclusion, i.e., a commercial aircraft seating at least 10 passengers, and the death toll was significant. (crashes with fewer fatalities are often included in Wikipedia). It probably isn't "significant" and doesn't have much press coverage because it happened in Africa; an identical accident with such a death toll in Europe or North America probably would be considered significant enough to include without debate. Wikipedia should be even-handed about this and not so quick to dismiss events in the less-developed world as insignificant just because of the lack of attention paid to them in the developed world. Mdnavman (talk) 04:55, 1 February 2015 (UTC)mdnavman[reply]
Where does the "commercial aircraft seating at least 10 passengers" criterion come from? YSSYguy (talk) 05:41, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I think Mdnavman is referring to the guidelines for List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft when he mentions 10 passengers....William 16:59, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions....William 15:48, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions....William 15:48, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions....William 15:48, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions....William 15:48, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not notable small aircraft accident....William 16:59, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep - the aircraft was operating a scheduled passenger flight. That and the relatively high casualty count for an aircraft of this size may just push it above the threshold for retention. Mjroots (talk) 20:42, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The aircraft appears to have been on a charter flight - I can't see any reference to it being a scheduled flight and the Spanish WP says Gira Globo is a charter company. That being said, I don't think the nature of the flight gets the event past any notability threshold. YSSYguy (talk) 01:56, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
"Number of deaths" is not a criterion for notability. YSSYguy (talk) 01:56, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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