Talk:2013 Moore tornado

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Why is this a separate article?

We already have a working article on the last 3 days of the outbreak, and while this appears to be the most violent of the storms and the most devastating, much of the details before and after (the weather system, the disaster handling) will be the same as in the main outbreak article. I strongly recommend merging all this into the outbreak article as a separate section and keeping this as a redirect. --MASEM (t) 23:06, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You can't be serious? If jophin or moore 1999 deserves a article this does too. This is a big deal Matthurricane (talk) 23:10, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Matthurricane. After this major tornado, many people will be looking for information on this tornado specifically. Therefore a separate article is warranted. --Philpill691 (talk) 23:15, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comparing 1999 Bridge Creek – Moore tornado to 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak shows a lot of duplication between the articles save for the path and specific damage of the one tornado, and what other storms occurred in the latter article. I agree this storm overall needs an article and a specific section to highlight this specific tornado, but there's going to be tons of duplication if you keep them separate. --MASEM (t) 23:18, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The way I have seen this done is that a brief summary is kept on the outbreak page, while the article discusses the tornado in detail, information is still comming out and you are already talking about a redirect. Anyways, I Oppose the idea, this has the notability for a stand alone article. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 23:21, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I also have to Agree with Matthurricane in the need for a seperate article. The sheer severity, scale of destruction and casualties caused would warrant it, I think. This holds even more true if reports that this may be the most damaging single tornado turn out to be correct. So perhaps avoid merging for now whilst information is still being collected is a more prudent path to take and merging can be re-examined a little later? AJ Kirwin (talk) 23:25, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]