Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Road course ringer

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 no consensus. MBisanz ^talk 05:24, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Road course ringer

Rarely used neologism. Article is almost completely un-cited and does not establish the frequency of this term, nor does it provide an etymology. Google gives about 1500 hits for the term.[1] Mikeblas (talk) 22:20, 1 March 2009 (UTC) ([reply]

Keep - It's rarely used, but it's notable within racing (not only NASCAR). Not really a neologism, I remember hearing this in the 80s. §FreeRangeFrog 05:28, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Of the 1510 hits Google returns for the term between quotation marks, the first one is the wikipedia article, followed by NASCAR. If NASCAR's website mentions it, then I would think it is a notable racing term. Dream Focus 07:44, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. I did it too, but we should use Google counts more carefully. If you scroll to the end of the results instead of just looking at the estimated count on the first page, then there's only 160 hits.[2]. -- Mikeblas (talk) 02:40, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. ~1100 ghits outside of Wiki mirrors indicates, at best, rare usage. Of the top hits, all uses are brief or in passing and the phrase itself hasn't received coverage in reliable sources, failing WP:NEO. Doctorfluffy (robe and wizard hat) 07:45, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - A quick Google search can be deceptive. I figure closer to 180 unique ghits outside of Wikipedia. -Verdatum (talk) 23:56, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Whatever, 180 unique hits, 1100 total. It's clearly not a commonly used term. Doctorfluffy (robe and wizard hat) 01:34, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 00:24, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep worthy of description Chzz ► 16:24, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm assuming that this term is actually used, and in that case is a keep. Stifle (talk) 19:52, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete without reliable sources backing up the list of ringers, this is little more than a Dictionary Definition of a term which is really just the logical linking of two existing terms (with more valid articles), Road course and Ringer. Combined with the lack of sources and the low Google hit count (see my comment above), to me, it just doesn't seem to add to the encyclopedia. -Verdatum (talk) 00:01, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:NEO.--Sloane (talk) 23:21, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.