Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colossus of Eislingen

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. --Coredesat 02:01, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Colossus of Eislingen

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154 foot tall pylon --Elsm 01:11, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Really, it's just a power pole? Non-notable. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ Yell ○ 03:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. I am at a loss for words. MER-C 07:05, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Random utilitarian structure. The article is full of unreferenced original research and hyperbole. We have not kept similar articles about telephone poles or power pylons. Edison 14:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. I wouldn't mind waiting to find out what major events surround this pylon, but given there are none, kill it --Jimmi Hugh 14:50, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete A tall electric tower.... That's it right. Okay, well unless something happens and it becomes news, I think it's just a big pole. Of which, there are many.--Cyrus Andiron 15:03, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Colossal Delete. Calling a moderately tall power pylon a colossus and comparing it to one of the seven wonders of the ancient world? This is borderline WP:BJAODN material. Arkyan • (talk) 15:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - it's a pylon for god's sake. I can see six of them out of my window right now, should I get writing? - iridescenti (talk to me!) 16:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. Well if your pylons are bigger than 154 foot, maybe you should! ;) Seriously though, given the obviousness consenus about it's deletion and the utter nonsense of the article, is there a speedy delete tag we can assign it within policy? --Jimmi Hugh 18:42, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
    • It doesn't really match any of the WP:CSD categories, so it can't be speedied. In theory an admin could close this discussion per WP:SNOW but that would be a judgement call. Arkyan • (talk) 19:13, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - I cannot see in what way the structure is notable nor can I find any hits for the name that aren't from Wikipedia. Adambro 20:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete by being eaten by a fire-breathing dinosaur: I feel so inadequate! There are no pylons out my office window. (There are, however, many boats, since I'm staring at Boston Harbor. Hey! There's the Quincy commuter boat! I'll go write an article on that!)  RGTraynor  20:17, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete by chain saw. There's a radio tower bigger than that atop Red Mountain in Birmingham, Alabama. Should we include that, too? (Answer: No.) Realkyhick 21:09, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete unless it falls on someone famous.--killing sparrows 17:05, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
  • comment. The article is a direct translation from the article de:Koloss von Eislingen in German Wikipedia. It's been up since May, 2004. I suspect the tower is more notable than we realize. Vegasprof 01:53, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: ... based upon what evidence?  RGTraynor  13:33, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
  • comment. No evidence, other than the fact that it's survived nearly three years on the German Wikipedia without deletion. But, see my comment below: Vegasprof 11:07, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: Here's a picture of this pylon: http://www.home.zonnet.nl/arnie.berkers/eisl8kl.jpg Nothing special in my eyes. --80.128.186.130 12:27, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: There is existing another artical about an electricity pylon on both sides of a canal: Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon. --84.57.130.45 08:54, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Suggestion for Delay. The German page has just (yesterday) been nominated for deletion, for the third time (previous times were May 2004 and August 2004: it survived those). Is it possible to delay the decision until we see what the Germans have to say? Vegasprof 11:07, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
  • I don't see why, any more than they're bound to delete just because we might. Certainly if any genuine proof of notability is presented in that AfD, hopefully someone will bring it here, but we can make our own decisions.  RGTraynor  20:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Exactly. I just took another look at the German AfD discussion. Not one person has given any substantive reason to keep the article, although several people claim that it can't be nominated for deletion because it survived deletion before. Most of the German users just want to delete it. The reason I asked for delay was, just in case there was some notable feature of this tower that we didn't know of but they did. Apparently not. So, my vote, finally, is Delete. Vegasprof 20:34, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. I was born less than 10 km away from this pole, my parents still live there and I've never heard of it. Bla bla 06:58, 23 April 2007 (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.