Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United Airlines Flight 858

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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 --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 14:50, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] United Airlines Flight 858

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Although tragic for the stowaway who died, ultimately the flight and the whole incident is non-notable in the encyclopedic sense. Flyguy649 talk contribs 23:41, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete - Concur. Also, no sources are given. The information of the hisotory of stoaways on airliners is interesting, and perhaps worthy of an article or section somewhere, but with sources added first. - BillCJ 23:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Transwiki move to WikiNews this reads like investigative journalism, WP:NOT a news site, WikiNews otoh...  ALKIVAR™ ☢ 02:40, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment there are two problems with this. Firstly, liscence incompatabilities wmake transwiki impossible, and second, this is old news anyway, by several months. Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 06:23, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep after clean-up There is already a Category:Stowaways and a reference from the San Fran Chronicle. The article itself was a mess, but I've cleaned it up a bit. Anynobody 03:20, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge to stowaway. There is very little to write about this incident, and 90% of the article is of no real consequence (e.g. the flight number). There are several stowaways each year[1] just to the U.S., and notability might be gained by surviving. Being found as a dead stowaway, however, is banal. --Dhartung | Talk 04:03, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete One of far too many such accidents to possibly be notable. They occur at about one a month that I hear of, probably more, around the world. Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 06:23, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • merge Merge to stowaway per Dhartung Mbisanz 06:59, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • delete - non-notable news. I think it's interesting that the stats which were in this article showing how often this occurs - and thus supports the non-notability, have been removed. AKRadeckiSpeaketh 13:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Nothing notable about a Stowaway. Notable incidents should include hijackings or anything catastrophic. KyuuA4 20:01, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete non notable article, dead stowaways are not that rare. MilborneOne 21:20, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete A dead stowaway doesn't make the flight notable Cogswobbletalk 21:25, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletions. -- the wub "?!" 15:14, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
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.