Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sturgeon River wolf attacks

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The result was merge to List of fatal coyote and wolf attacks in Canada. (non-admin closure) — Music1201 ^talk 21:45, 12 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sturgeon River wolf attacks

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No evidence for significance. DGG ( talk ) 00:26, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge to List of fatal coyote and wolf attacks in Canada. Doesn't merit a standalone article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clarityfiend (talk • contribs)
Merge per Clarityfiend above. Entire article is sourced to one news report. With so little interest from secondary sources this is a sentence in another article, not an article on its own. A Train^talk 10:10, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - article is historically significant and encyclopedic. This article is the same as many related articles on Wikipedia: Death of Kenton Joel Carnegie and Taylor Mitchell. There are many other similar articles in the following +cats Category:Deaths due to wolf attacks, Category:Deaths due to bear attacks, Category:Deaths due to coyote attacks, Category:Deaths due to dog attacks there are many others! IQ125 (talk) 12:24, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As noted in response to the other times you've floated this argument: Taylor Mitchell does not have a Wikipedia article because coyotes; she has a Wikipedia article because she was a musician who had already passed WP:NMUSIC while she was still alive. And Kenton Carnegie cites 36 reliable sources which demonstrate enduring impacts — while this article cites just one reference, and provides no context by which the incident could be notable for more than just the fact that it happened. Every wolf or coyote attack that happens at all is not automatically a valid topic for a standalone article; it takes something more, such as enduring significance or a victim who was already notable anyway, to make it appropriate for inclusion. Bearcat (talk) 20:44, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Don't lie to people, I never "floated" this argument before, as this is a new article started this week. I have never spoken to you before and I do not know you. IQ125 (talk) 21:53, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Er, you floated this argument on three other AFD discussions in the past two days alone. Bearcat (talk) 13:48, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to List of fatal coyote and wolf attacks in Canada not as a denial of the sheer horror of this incident, but as a more useful location for this information. Adn also because keeping would require evidence that the incident continued to be discussed after the initial news reports, and/or, that this particular attack had an impact (which might include this attack inspiring new safety precautions; inspiring a writer) (User:IQ125 Perhaps such sources can be found by searching under different keywords?)E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:34, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of wolf attacks per WP:NOTNEWS. With just one source and no substance beyond "this happened", the depth of coverage and the significance needed to make this a suitable standalone article topic has not been shown — and the other proposed merge target, List of fatal coyote and wolf attacks in Canada, was created by the same user at the same time, isn't needed as a separate topic from the overview article that already exists, and is also up for AFD on that basis. Bearcat (talk) 20:44, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge To List of wolf attacks per above. While animal attacks can be notable even if the victim wasn't notable before the death (see Death of Azaria Chamberlain), those situations are few and far between, and this case doesn't come close. Smartyllama (talk) 17:31, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of wolf attacks It seems like it was a local event with no widespread notability. There is only one source on the subject, and the article is nothing but a summary of what that one source says. The info can be included in the general wolf attack list, but it is not enough to sustain a separate article. 64.183.45.226 (talk) 19:29, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of fatal coyote and wolf attacks in Canada; not independently notable. K.e.coffman (talk) 19:11, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of wolf attacks in North America where it already has a section. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 02:43, 12 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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