Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 Ilocos earthquake
Yet another earthquake article created soon after the event.  This one happened two days after the 2010 Mindoro earthquake, which appears similarly non-notable, but is not nominated.  It was barely acknowledged when it happened http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=ilocos+earthquake&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&sa=N&sugg=d&as_ldate=2010/03&as_hdate=2010/03&lnav=hist2, and, not surprisingly not even a week or a month later http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=ilocos+earthquake&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&sa=N&sugg=d&as_ldate=2010/04&as_hdate=2010/04&lnav=hist3.  Unfortunately, there is no organization, as of yet, for a reasonable method of saving earthquake information, and it comes down to an "all or nothing" proposition every time, there being no in-between choice.  The usual sequence of events is that the earth shakes somewhere; the United States Geological Survey adds the information to the list; a Wikipedia contributor sees an opportunity to create an article about the event; it gets nominated for deletion and-- as of late-- it gets deleted.  As a review of :Category:21st-century earthquakes shows, the number of  articles has steadily increased.  Four in 2004, 12 in '05, 16 in '06, '21 in '07, 24 in '08, 31 in '09 and-- for the first half of 2010 so far-- forty-six!  It would be even more that, but we've had six of the articles called "2010 _____ earthquake" deleted so far, with tremors in the Andaman Islands, Biobío (in March, after the February killer quake in Chile), Oklahoma, Pichilemu, South Texas and most recently Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2010 Venezuela earthquake (2nd nomination)|Venezuela.   Granted, this will still be mentioned on the 2010 earthquakes page, but a page for earthquakes in a particular region would be more of a contribution to knowledge.  I'm afraid that most all-or-nothing fights are going to end with "nothing
— User:Mandsford, 20:07, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:RECENT (Wikipedia:Recentism)