Talk:December 2017–January 2018 North American cold wave

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Notability???

Really? This is very unlikely to meet the guidelines for WP:EVENT. See also WP:RECENTISM and WP:10YT. WP:SUSTAINED coverage after the cold snap breaks is also pretty unlikely. I am having a very hard time seeing the long term significance of this event. It's a cold snap. They come, and they go. From EVENT...

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-Ad Orientem (talk) 15:23, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have to agree. The event is already summarized adequately at 2017–18 North American winter and I do not see why this article should not just be redirected there.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 20:36, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Notable: This event is separate from the early December 2017 event, and therefore deserves its own article. Recentism does not apply, because it's a current event, and not a prognosis any longer. I could argue, that the article about Brexit smelled of recentism well before then-UK PM Cameron announced the actual Brexit referendum. This article can be expanded as events unfold, and the main winter article given an informative blurb with a link to this one. -Mardus /talk 04:52, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]