Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheep to shawl

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The result was snow keep. (non-admin closure) VernoWhitney (talk) 23:24, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sheep to shawl

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~~Nothing here to show that WP:ORG or WP:N are satisfied.~~ Also is no more than a dictionary definition. Edison (talk) 21:28, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep—dunno where WP:ORG comes into it, this seems to be about a sport, which has a decent number of Google News hits. ╟─Treasury Tag►Regent─╢ 21:49, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment "Directory of upcoming events" items from May, 2010 you point out do not satisfy WP:N. Google news archive, going back more years, seems more promising . Edison (talk) 22:13, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Is the Statesman Journal article on the page I linked to unacceptable? ╟─Treasury Tag►person of reasonable firmness─╢ 22:19, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. More than a directory "listing of upcoming events" entryEdison (talk) 14:41, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Appears to be less a sport and more a crafts contest (the sort of thing you find at a country fair). We have a section at Sheep shearing on contests, so there should be somewhere suitable to at least merge this. Arts and crafts maybe? Carcharoth (talk) 23:13, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:14, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the two RS (one here, one in the article) which are non-trivial coverage. No objection to merging per Carcharoth's idea, either. Jclemens (talk) 00:17, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The gnews items are sufficient to show it as a fairly accepted type of event. DGG ( talk ) 01:05, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Its a real thing, and these types of events get mentioned in the news. Probably a lot more common in the old days then it is now. Dream Focus 06:33, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment While the AFD is open and there are some eyes on the subject, if someone could make the article more encyclopedic by adding some refs and expanding it beyond a 2 sentence dicdef with one reference it would be helpful in heading off future AFD nominations, if this one gets closed as Keep.Edison (talk) 14:34, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The fact that it's notable will head off a future AfD nomination. ╟─Treasury Tag►Lord Speaker─╢ 14:37, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I wish it were that simple. Edison (talk) 14:42, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It is. ╟─Treasury Tag►constabulary─╢ 14:49, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I hear that there's a group/task/force/wikiproject devoted to precisely that purpose. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 19:30, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep coverage in news for over 40 years,[1] and in hundreds of book[2] show notability per WP:GNG and WP:POTENTIAL for great improvement. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 20:08, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and expand. There are clearly sources here, they just needed to be added. AniMate 20:10, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This can definitely be kept and improved. Giacomo 22:36, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw nomination, suggest snow Keep Now that some sources have been identified which can be used in the future to expand and improve the article. Edison (talk) 23:19, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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