Talk:14 killed by bushfires in Australia

Out of date already - 25 confirmed dead, many missing.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/08/2485317.htm

We can't have the number in the title - what about February 7 Victorian bushfires, same as Wikipedia, at least for now? BenAveling (talk) 22:22, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The WP title doesn't conform to our style guide; headlines need a verb since for news to be news something needs to have happened, and it is an event that the article focuses on, rather than a noun or group of nouns like a Wikipedia article. I do agree we should perhaps look at updating and retitling this. When it becomes out of date tomorrow (as it likely will) it will be time for a new article titled something like Death toll rises in Australian bushfires. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:48, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

The death toll continues to rise - see here. There are expected to be more deaths as emergency workers are able to get into affected areas. The enwiki article is now called w:2009 Victorian bushfires. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 00:40, 8 February 2009 (UTC) Now 49 confirmed dead  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattinbgn (talk • contribs) 06:02, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

114 dead more accurateDeliawrite (talk) 09:36, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

previous stories
There are three previous stories that might be worth mentioning: John Vandenberg (talk) 14:23, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * January 2007 - Victoria power grid collapses due to spot fires
 * January 2006 - Australia records hottest year on record
 * November 2005 - Climate change a factor in Australia's warmest year on record