Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/West Mersea Yacht Club

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The result of the debate was KEEP. JeremyA 21:17, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] West Mersea Yacht Club

delete. self promotion, non notable, total content consists of link to page that has no contentWAvegetarian 21:06, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)WAvegetarian 07:55, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• delete - agreed with WAvegetarian... this isn't notable, there's insufficient content, and the page it links to is under construction too. UkPaolo 21:13, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• keep. The West Mersea Yacht Club is a notable UK yacht racing club having sponsored international yacht racing meetings. It is a properly constituted yacht club, founded in 1899 with a formal yacht club structure and a warrant from the UK Ministry of Defence for its members to fly an approved defaced ensign. It merits a mention in respected yacht racing handbooks. Its burgee is internationally recognised. The category 'Yacht Clubs' would look very odd if only certain clubs were allowed; I note that the New York Yacht Club and the Golden Gate Yacht Club and others are allowed a page. The fact that its own page is under construction (replacing a previous site) has nothing to do with it. --194.80.134.139 21:26, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Sorry, I was too hasty and admit no knowledge yacht club structure or guidelines in the UK. I did not mean to be discriminatory against the UK in any way. At the time it looked like a throwaway self-promotion page for a website that was yet to be developed. Thank you for expanding it. Please continue. WAvegetarian 07:55, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• If only there were somewhere other than VfD to contribute useful and pertinent information about the subject! Ben-w 22:20, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • There is somewhere - the article! - or its talk page as appropriate. -- RHaworth 10:52, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)
• Comment: I note that the VfD was posted two minutes after creation as the editor, User:194.80.134.139, was still writing it, as demonstrated by an addition one minute after VfD tag. This is apparently enough for the contributor to stop editing for fear of losing work he/she intends to put in. IMHO, this could be a good example of when to watch a page or tag it for Expansion, Cleanup-importance, Explain significance, Wikipedia:Requests for expansion, or simply Stub. DoubleBlue (Talk) 01:46, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep will be OK when wikified and expanded. (A website that is not under construction is a dead website.) -- RHaworth 10:52, 2005 Jun 10 (UTC)
• Keep James F. (talk) 16:47, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Craigy (talk) 00:28, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep needs wikification and to be expanded, but has encyclopedic content IMHO. Poli 17:38, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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