Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madeleine (yacht)

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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. - Mailer Diablo 10:19, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Madeleine (yacht)

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Article is written like a short story and gives absolutely no information on the actual yacht other than the single line "Overall she appeared to be clearly outclassed by the chosen defender, a graceful and well appointed sloop named Madeleine". Also unnotable subject. 99DBSIMLR 18:09, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete. It's an unreferenced, nonnotable story. YechielMan 18:16, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Now that's a first. I've never seen a Wikipedia page written in story form like this before. Formatting issues aside, it's clearly NN and unreferenced, and I wouldn't be surprised if it were a copyvio as well. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 18:19, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Reads like a potential copyvio, but I'll AGF on that one. Fails on other criteria. Adrian M. H. 21:42, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Bizarre. Looks like somebody ripped a page out of a book and posted it. Horologium talk - contrib 03:03, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, probably a voluble contemporary source (public domain) but not encyclopedic in any case. Most of the article isn't even about the Madeleine. --Dhartung | Talk 05:01, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. Needs a rewrite for sure. But the yacht won America's Cup in 1876 [1], [2], [3], etc. I'll do a quick rewrite to get to the bare facts. SilkTork 17:49, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Or maybe not. I can't be arsed really. Delete it. If somebody wants to, they can do it again properly later. SilkTork 18:08, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletions as it's a Canadian yacht Canuckle 16:31, 22 May 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.