Deletion of 2009 flu pandemic table

Comment: a suitable sub-article of 2009 flu pandemic. If this article "violates" #STATS, then #STATS is a poor rule which should be |ignored in this case. (Oh, and as Edison noted above, this data ''is'' in a table like #STATS recommends). We're talking about an ongoing global pandemic here, so I simply do not believe the nominator's claim that day-by-day stats are "extremely unnecessary." If this article bothers the nominator, they can always use the graph and templates they prefer. If you don't like it, don't deprive others of it
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT||WP:NOT||WP:IAR||WP:NOT)

Comment: The Timeline article is already 102k, longer than an article should be. This article presents the data in a useful form which allows insights not readily possible from other articles covering the subject, and presents data which is not readily availabple anywhere else in this form, since WHO just gives daily updates. The graphs do not break the data down adequately by country, and often lag far behind the data, due to the difficulty of editing the graphics. The information is important and is referenced. This is one case where the first of the Five Pillars of Wikipedia applies: "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia incorporating elements of general and specialized encyclopedias, almanacs, and gazetteers.". It is important to apply . Alternatively, could such data tables, which should be expanded to include deaths, be placed in http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikisource, or is it only for texts? I do not agree that #STATS applies to this article, since that rule applies to long sprawling lists of numbers embedded in an article which make it hard to read. As that rule suggests, this data is neatly organized in tables
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Editing policy (WP:PRESERVE||WP:NOT)