Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/4 Deserts


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The result was withdrawn nomination following links from Phil Bridger. Neıl ☎  08:40, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

4 Deserts

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These articles are about a series of non-notable running races that took place in four different deserts. Each of the four races has its own stub, as does the article (4 Deserts) in total. There are no references whatsoever, other than the website of the race, and I could find none on Google; there is very little independent verifiable information (I found two articles on Google News, one in the Norfolk Eastern Daily Press and one on korea.net. Neither were actually about the series of races, rather about runners with a mention of the event) - these articles fail WP:N, WP:RS, and WP:V. Prod was removed by an editor who claimed "these races are notable" without providing any evidence as to why - I presume this is because none exists. The other four articles are: As these articles all fail WP:V, WP:N and WP:RS, I would have to say delete all. They could be merged to one article, but even then, there's no reliable sources directly about these races, and none that show why these races are notable, actually exist. Neıl ☎  18:18, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Gobi March
 * Sahara Race
 * Atacama Crossing
 * The Last Desert
 * Withdrawn per below links from Phil. Neıl ☎  08:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete All completley fails WP:V and WP:N. No hint of refernces and evel less (if possible) of notability.  D u s t i talk to me 18:24, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete All Not verifiable or notable. Mister Senseless&trade; (Speak - Contributions) 23:31, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep all. I'm not sure how any of you were doing your searching, but Google news has 45 sources for the Gobi March (with full-length articles in the New York Times and National Geographic right near the top of the list), 65 sources for the Sahara Race (obviously including some false positives but the BBC and Bloomberg [correction - the Bloomberg article is a false positive, but there are plenty of other sources] are there with substantial articles), 30 sources for the Atacama Crossing (including the Taipei Times and La Segunda), and 81 sources for The Last Desert (again with false positives but including CNN and RAI. Runnersweb and CNN have articles that cover the series as a whole. That's all before we even get on to Google Books:   , which finds a whole book devoted to the subject. A merge may be approprate, but that's a matter for talk pages not AfD. Phil Bridger (talk) 12:56, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep all. Articles are notable and verifiable per links by Phil Bridger. Kubek15(Sign!) (Contribs)  (UBX) 14:17, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


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