Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1998 Ryukyu Islands earthquake (2nd nomination)

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 soft delete. In the absence of any !votes apart from the nom, and with more discussion obviously not forthcoming after 2 relistings, I am closing this as a soft-delete. WP:REFUND applies (pinging E.M.Gregory). Randykitty (talk) 16:06, 12 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

1998 Ryukyu Islands earthquake

1998 Ryukyu Islands earthquake (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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WikiProject Earthquakes is not documenting insignificant events like this one, either as standalone articles or as list entries. Our efforts are instead being focused on creating complete, interesting, and encyclopedic articles that require significant coverage. This one fails multiple aspects of WP:EVENT and our own notability guidelines because of the following concerns:

• Low intensity (this event was felt only)
• No injuries, deaths, or damage

This USGS entry for the event tells part of the story:

• M 7.5 - southeast of Taiwan – United States Geological Survey Dawnseeker2000 00:41, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Note that Nom is mistaken, the earthquake project has an WP:ESSAY, not a Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines.E.M.Gregory (talk) 12:03, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Taiwan-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 08:04, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 08:04, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 08:04, 22 November 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.