Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2007 Canterbury women's rugby union team haka controversy


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The result was Delete. @pple complain 17:32, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

2007 Canterbury women's rugby union team haka controversy
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Extremely inconsequential, trivial event that briefly made a headline or two. Delete per WP:NOT, with perhaps a passing reference at the All Blacks Haka page. Eusebeus 20:05, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I do not see any "historic notability" Corpx 22:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Man, the New Zealanders are prudes... --Agamemnon2 11:55, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - the incident did not "make a headline or two", it was an international incident. The article already has four reputable sources from at least two continents, which is already more than is required by our notability guidelines.  This was an important sporting event which has implications on cultural norms of behavior and social values. Johntex\talk 14:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Three of the references are news stories from the same two day period - the fourth no longer works, but is obviously from the same period given that it was added with the others a week later. No evidence of long term notability; Wikipedia is not news and a short burst of present news coverage about a topic does not necessarily constitute objective evidence of long-term notability. No more coverage seems likely, so the article will never grow beyond a stub. Iain99 17:58, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of News-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 12:41, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as a news article. -- Whpq 16:26, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
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