Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Earthquakes in 2015

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WP:CRYSTAL and WP:TOOSOON. Also even the summary stats for last year are going to change before the end of this year, so it just adds more work to keep this future stub updated. Frietjes (talk) 14:44, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 16:29, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 18:29, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 18:29, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

• This isn't technically a WP:CRYSTAL violation, because it's a known fact that there will be earthquakes in 2015. But WP:TOOSOON definitely applies — for the remaining three months of 2014, this can only serve as an empty placeholder with no genuinely substantive content (i.e. no actual earthquakes to actually list). Delete for now, and recreate no earlier than one week before January 1, 2015. Bearcat (talk) 18:45, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
• Keep - Although I agree with the above I personally see no point in deleting something that'll only be recreated in 3 months time (or earlier) .... To save a lot of fuss I say keep. –Davey2010 • (talk) 22:45, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
• so, you are going to update the previous year stats table in the article each time you update Earthquakes in 2014? that seems like more fuss than recreation in three months. Frietjes (talk) 23:47, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
• Delete - I think it is a WP:CRYSTAL violation and that this is exactly why we avoid creating articles on that basis. We assume there will be earthquakes, scientific evidence suggests that there will be earthquakes and we can use our psychic powers (what, you don't have those?) to deduce that there will be earthquakes. But even then, there's no guarantee any of them will be notable and while the year does start on 1 January, it might be April until somewhere has an earthquake notable enough for inclusion on the list. Just because it has happened before, doesn't mean it will happen again. 31 December 2014 might signal the start of the most tectonically stable period in Earth's history. In fact, I might create an article suggesting exactly that... no... wait. See where I'm going? St★lwart¹¹¹ 01:41, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
• Comment - I agree with the logic of @Bearcat above. I'm just not sure what to do. Bearian (talk) 21:24, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
• Delete Seems no different than creating an article on the 2040 Congressional elections or 2050 Olympics. 131.118.229.17 (talk) 00:52, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
• Delete, it is not an actual article, is just helping somebody increase their count of articles-created. Spumuq (talk) 09:35, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
• Delete This is a clear-cut violation of WP:CRYSTAL. While there will almost certainly be earthquakes in 2015, there are not any reliable sources about them in the present. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 21:21, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

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