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I remember this as a young girl. I was 11 years old and lived in Waverly at the time.I stood in the distance from a bridge to see the mangled train cars the day before the explosion.
6 years ago, I went back to Waverly and they actually have a small “train derailment museum” with photos of the derailment and aftermath and it is quite a sight to see.
Latest comment: 10 years ago8 comments7 people in discussion
The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
Oppose: WP:USPLACE suggests not omitting the state name in this case. The suggested modification also introduces confusion over whether "Waverly" is the name of a place or something else, such as the name of the company that owned or manufactured the tank car, or some particular tank car type. Perhaps if a WP:COMMONNAME argument can be made for the topic (not based on sources local to the region, which might assume familiarity with local place names), then the move could be justified, but the suggestion seems to be motivated only by a desire to be concise. The nominator doesn't mention whether there is an argument for a common name in this case. However, I notice that both non-Tennessee sources cited in the article include 'Tennessee' in their title, which makes it appear that the state name is an important disambiguator for this topic. In fact, 'Tennessee' may be more important than 'Waverly'. Neither of those sources include 'Waverly' in their title. —BarrelProof (talk) 21:27, 21 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
Support. A descriptive title only needs enough detail to distinguish the topic, and the proposed version does. WP:USPLACE doesn't say anything about articles that aren't actually on, well, U.S. places. The current title is awkward and unwieldy.--Cúchullaint/c16:26, 3 January 2014 (UTC)Reply
Support. Unnecessary disambiguation. The common titling method here is to identify the nearest civic location of the incident in question, not the general state. "Waverly tank car explosion" is just fine. — Huntster (t@c)02:16, 4 January 2014 (UTC)Reply
Oppose – as in USPLACE, the inclusion of the state name makes Waverly recognizable as a US place. Without it, Waverly could be the name of a person, a company, or who knows what. No book uses the proposed title. Dicklyon (talk) 04:23, 4 January 2014 (UTC)Reply
Oppose. Waerly/Waverley is highly ambiguous, tank car explosion could be anything, and the inclusion of the state greatly helps with recognizability. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:08, 6 January 2014 (UTC)Reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
