Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malin to Mizen

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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 per snow. First delete vote calls for more work, and keep if notability is established (it has). Second delete is for speedy (doesn't apply). Third delete has withdrawn their opinion. Whats left is sufficient cause to keep. Great work on improvements. SynergeticMaggot (talk) 21:17, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Malin to Mizen

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Non-notable journey between two points in Ireland. Deleted via prod, apparently restored after (slightly confusing) "late" contest. Deiz talk 01:35, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete. I see no encyclopedic value in this article. Ejg930 (talk) 02:00, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  • After reading other votes, I am revising my vote to Possibly Delete - if content can be added to increase the noteworthiness of the article, then by all means keep it. However, if nobody is willing to work on it, delete it. Ejg930 (talk) 01:32, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Should've been speedied as patent nonsense. Qworty (talk) 03:23, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong delete this is as indiscriminate as they come: name two places, insert 'to', and hey preso! Potential for an infinite permutation of articles. Ohconfucius (talk) 05:24, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Withdrawn. The article now appears to adequately justify why there are grounds for keeping. Ohconfucius (talk) 05:15, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
  • If you look at the history of this article, it's clear that there's more than one person who thinks there's something significant about "Malin to Mizen". I suggest to anyone who wants to keep this from being deleted that they let us know what that is. I say we give people time to make that case before we go deleting this or voting to delete it. --MQDuck 05:33, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
So, let's say... 5 days? That's kind of the point of AfD. Deiz talk 07:33, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  • AFDs last five days, which is ample for sourcing. In any case it has been here a month and should have had sources by now. --Dhartung | Talk 07:44, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep: Googling makes it clear that this is a well-known challenge route, and I have added a ref to a 2006 article about an attempt to break a record set in 1993 for cycling the route. It appears to be the Irish equivalent of "Lands End to John O'Groats". PamD (talk) 07:36, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
And I've found (and added) a quote in the Irish parliament using it figuratively, indicating its notability. PamD (talk)
  • Keep. Google News Archive results indicate many reliable sources from which the article could be expanded. Route is used for charity walks, runs, bikes, and even stilt-walking, and probably has a long history. "Malin to Mizen" and variants are also used as an Irish "coast to coast". --Dhartung | Talk 07:44, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep, per PamD and Dhartung. --MQDuck 08:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. Though it appears not to be as well established as Land's End to John o' Groats, there does seem to be enough evidence (now added to article) of notability. But it would be nice to have the views of an Irish Wikipedian! Mhockey (talk) 16:59, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. As the Google search above confirmed, this is a well-known challenge route between the opposite ends of the island of Ireland. (Mhockey asked for view of an Irish wikipedian, and I'm one of them. I don't think that Malin-to-Mizen s quite as notable in Ireland as "Lands End to John O'Groats" is in England, but it's way more than notable enough to satisfy WP:N. The article itself may require cleanup, but that's a different matter). --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per above.--Berig (talk) 18:27, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per Dhartung. There are secondary sources indicating notability and we have source material to start with a decent stub. --Oakshade (talk) 18:35, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep A well-known challenge route [1] which as stated above is Irish equiv. to Great Britain's Land's End to John o' Groats. Plenty of secondary sources indicate notability. Nk.sheridan   Talk 21:24, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Comment I've done a little bit of work to the article. Nk.sheridan   Talk 23:18, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment Looks like it's WP:SNOWing here. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:51, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep ...would be much improved with a section on how long it takes to hitch-hike from M to M with a small fridge in tow (sigh).Red Hurley (talk) 18:19, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
  • A non-admin closure of this discussion was reversed due to the three delete "votes" that started it. I wonder, is there anyone left by this point who still wants to vote for a delete? --MQDuck 00:05, 13 May 2008 (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.