Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holiday stamp

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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 Keep. ā€” Caknuck 17:19, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Holiday stamp

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It's not clear to me what this article contributes beyond that already at Stamp collecting and Christmas stamp. Wikipedia is not a stamp collection. Vectro 02:55, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep: It seems that the nominator does not know a lot about philatelic topics, so let me explain why I cannot agree with this AfD. Christmas stamps do not include the other Holidays mentioned here that do not have a December 25 connection. Besides Christmas there are other holidays; Chinese New Year, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Saint Valentine's Day to name a few for which stamps are issued, regularly by some countries, that do not take place anytime close to December 25 annually and are celebrated by postal authorities issuing stamps. Stamp collecting is a general article about collecting postage stamps and not an article about specific types of stamps such as Holiday stamps. That answers both of your concerns completely, so perhaps you will consider withdrawing your nomination. ww2censor 03:58, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Topic deserves its own article. I disagree with the nom, this article does make a valid non-redundant contribution. Groupthink 04:02, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep/ I learned something (quite a bit, actually) from reading this article. To be sure, it is a thematic collecting topic, and like other thematics it does not offer much in the line of philately. Instead, it tells us something about the stamp issuing authorities themselves. It is an interesting way to compare and contrast them. Much more can be done by including the stamps of other countries. It will be interesting to see whether the other holidays being celebrated/commemorated are as religious in nature. Fconaway 15:27, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per ww2censor. --- RockMFR 17:05, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I've had in mind to expand this article considerably, but have been sidetracked by image work. For instance, Japan has issued special New Year's stamps since 1935, probably the longest-running of all holiday stamp types, and this article is the place to present an overview of that tradition. Stan 20:43, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep pending the addition of coverage in other sources. I'm pretty sure that the Loveland post office has gotten some news coverage around Valentines every year. I'm sure there are others. But it certainly does need some work. FrozenPurpleCube 01:50, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep There are still many stamp collectors in the world to make this article fit for Wikipedia. Holiday special edition stamps are one of the most sought after ones, and widely discussed. This makes it a notable subject indeed.--Kylohk 16:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep This topic deserves its own topic. --ChoChoPK (ēƒēƒPK) (talk | contrib) 04:41, 18 June 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.