Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minnesota Lindy
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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 --JForget 00:39, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Minnesota Lindy
The article has not been cleaned up in over a year since it was speedy deleted. It is focused largely on cataloging regional websites, chief amoung them MinnesotaLindy.com, from which I presume that the article takes its name.
If it belongs in Wikipedia, an article on Lindy in Minnesota would be better named as such; User:Pozole points out that this article title implies more, such as a style of dance indigenous to Minnesota. (I don't mean to suggest that renaming the article would obviate any of the other reasons I think it should be deleted.)
While User:Azeroth made an interesting suggestion that the subject is noteworthy because of the influence of the Minnesota Lindy scene through two influential events, this is not demonstrated in the article. I think the articles on those events could use to be created and they should address their or Minnesota's influence in a verifiable way.
The article basically "exist[s] only to describe the nature, appearance or services a website offers." While I am certain of the good faith of the authors, I don't believe the article belongs in Wikipedia.
Full disclosure: I am an active Lindy hopper in Florida, am involved in the planning of a regional workshop weekend here, and have plans to create a Lindy resource website of my own, which will have a partially commercial nature. I don't believe these have any bearing in my interest in the present debate: I simply find Minnesota Lindy inappropriate for inclusion in Wikipedia. —Christian Campbell 09:19, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Delete no assertion of WP:N. Collectonian 11:37, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Delete no assertion and in fact reads like spam. Shoessss | Chat 13:46, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Delete Per Shoesssss. Twenty Years 15:54, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Delete, unencyclopedic confluence of two things, location and topic. There is no such dance and this is thereore a directory of things that are loosely connected. --Dhartung | Talk 20:44, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Delete nn website and incoherent article.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 12:15, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- Delete, reads like a general ad for Lindy Hop in Minnesota. –panda 16:25, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- delete as spam -- Whpq (talk) 19:01, 6 December 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.
