Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Down East Yachts

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The result was keep. --- Deville (Talk) 04:08, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Down East Yachts

I'm somewhat conflicted about bringing this to AFD. On the one hand, it strikes me as just a place to hang some link spam on. On the other hand, it is about a real company who produced some real boats. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:30, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Exactly, it is about a real company who produced some real boats, I don't see it nowhere near spam. I've also removed some of the links. Michaelas10 17:44, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - As the original poster I believe it should be kept and I plan to expand it further. If it strikes you as a place to hang links on it is probably because I have really just gotten started getting the information posted. It was a real company that was part of the history of sailing in america and the sailboats are still out there being used. It would be nice if wikipedia could be a center of information on these boats. As far as the links themselves, they are all good sources of information, not commercial. Lasher9999
• Weak keep. It would be nice to have some refs I could actually verify, instead of what could be (for all I know) a press release in a 1970s magazine, but... I guess it's good enough. Sort of. Kafziel 15:42, 1 September 2006 (UTC) Delete. Fails WP:CORP. Kafziel 18:26, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep,Actually, it does meet the criteria for "Criteria for products and services" number 1. I just added a couple of references that show this. There are more. Lasher9999 22:41, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the change Kafziel. Two of the references are from books. One is from a magazine review. If you would like I can scan the books and email to you. Lasher9999 17:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, just like we keep manufacturers of airplanes. Akradecki 22:47, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.