Talk:2016 Magdalen Islands Mitsubishi MU-2 crash

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The result of the move request was: No consensus to move – and other suggestions such as merge may be worth further consideration. (non-admin closure) — Dicklyon (talk) 15:37, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

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2016 Aero Teknic MU-2 crash → 2016 Îles-de-la-Madeleine crash? – I don't think "Aero Teknic" and "MU-2" is really evocative of the incident. A simple perusal of the article references show that in the press, we refer to it as the Îles-de-la-Madeleine crash. (2016 Magdalen Islands crash would also be acceptable). Also see Google news results [1] and [2]. The article is also named for the location on fr.wiki. Wikiproject Aviation crashes says

"For articles on air accidents without a flight number, the title should be in the format <<year>> <<airline>> <<aircraft>> <<event>> or if this is not possible, <<year>> <<place>> <<event>>. [...] Some flexibility can be exercised. [...] Exceptions: if the event has acquired a popular name, that name should be used."

Further, WP:CRITERIA:

Recognizability – The title is a name or description of the subject that someone familiar with, although not necessarily an expert in, the subject area will recognize.

I would argue "Aero Teknic" is not really useful as an airline designation (the fr article calls it an aviation school) nor recognizable. For all those reasons we should move the article to be designated by the place. Bert Macklin (talk) 21:49, 14 April 2016 (UTC) --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 00:06, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

• Comment it should use English, so would be "Magdalen Islands", but Jean Lapierre aircrash or Death of Jean Lapierre might be better, since that is how it is recognized. -- 70.51.45.100 (talk) 04:57, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose - The style guide for article titles contains an exception for subjects where there is a standard naming convention, see Wikipedia:Article titles#Explicit conventions The standard naming convention for aviation crashes/incidents which do not involve flight numbers (eg. Air France Flight 447) is to use the format "DATE LOCATION AIRLINE AIRCRAFT TYPE crash" (see WP:AVINAME). In this case, because there is no airline, the appropriate format is "2016 Magdalen Islands Mitsubishi MU-2 crash", unless the French name for the island is more connected to this subject, in which case it could be moved to "2016 Îles-de-la-Madeleine Mitsubishi MU-2 crash". The fact that a notable person was among the deaths does not mean that the article title should be changed, eg. 1999 South Dakota Learjet crash (death of Payne Stewart), 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash (death of Polish president Lech Kaczyński), 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash (death of Philippines President Ramon Magsaysay). However, I have found a couple exceptions: Death of Aaliyah and Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira. While there are some cases where there is a common name for a crash (generally, these are events before Wikipedia was created), I think it is preferable to follow the common naming standard for aviation crashes, rather than "death of [famous person]", and I don't think there is any compelling reason to exclude the aircraft model from this article title. AHeneen (talk) 00:02, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Note: Redirects are cheap. Redirects from 2016 Îles-de-la-Madeleine crash, 2016 Magdalen Islands crash, & Death of Jean Lapierre would be appropriate. AHeneen (talk) 00:06, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

• Merge the article into Jean Lapierre. It's only seven sentences long the the notability of the crash derives solely from the plane's most notable occupant (see also WP:NOTNEWS). —  AjaxSmack  02:23, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

I agree with the Merge suggestion, there is nothing here than warrants coverage outside the Jean Lapierre article, the reason for interest in the crash is the man himself. If encyclopaedic information about the crash increases significantly, a content fork can always be done later. YSSYguy (talk) 02:34, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

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