Deletion of 16 August 2008 lunar eclipse

Comment: because it is not yet consensus that Wikipedia is  a ephemeris. Widely observable astronomical events are no more or less notable than, say, small rivers. Until there is community agreement that there this sort of thing is not what we want Wikipedia to be, it is part of Wikipedia's "larger than thou" collection of important and useful informtion
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)

Comment: for various reasons, including 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:PAPER)

Comment: The important words in the sentence that you quoted are '''news reports'''. The point it is making is that short-term mention mention in news reports ''alone'' does not establish notability. #TEMP|"Notability is not temporary" contains a ''link'' to the essay Wikipedia:Notability does not degrade over time. The essay is obviously intended to expand on that part of the guideline - why would they say different things ? That would be crazy
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: Both articles describe future astronomical events, and are equally worthy of having encyclopedia articles written about them.   an ephemeris
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)

Comment: Eclipses are notable by default, and doesn't violate  as they are obviously guaranteed to happen
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:CRYSTAL)

Comment: Lunar eclipses happen often enough that no single eclipse is notable. Does anyone realize that all the "keep"s are basically  and 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:USEFUL||WP:ILIKEIT)

Comment: There have been millions such eclipses and there will be millions more.  Why does this particular eclipse get an article - obviously because it is happening this year.  This is a perfect example of routine news per #NEWS
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)

Comment: Actually,  is a valid reason for deletion. All Wikipedia articles must discuss topics that are considered notable, or else the article shouldn't be in Wikipedia.  —Preceding Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned comment added by
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)