Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/4 This Way!


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The result was   delete. Shereth 23:09, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

4 This Way!

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Notability is absent from this article about a single lottery game in New Mexico (I believe they have several different lottery games there). Ecoleetage (talk) 01:14, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Lottery games aren't generally notable, except for screwing millions of people out of money $1 at a time. Seriously, there're no sources for this, no assertation of notability, you know the drill. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Chirps•Clams•Chowder) 01:19, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Mexico-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  02:03, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Concur. Nothing much else to say :) Okiefromokla questions? 02:55, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Claims to be unique, but four-digit pickems are not unique, and it is discontinued. I could maybe see merging to an article on New Mexico state lotteries or some such of it exists. LonelyBeacon (talk) 04:32, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Lookey what I found - New Mexico Lottery. Personally, I would try and expand this article before making a separate article on the pick 4 only.  I know WP:OTHERSTUFFDOESN'TEXIST is not a valid reason to kill an article, but I doubt that states have individual articles on their various lottery methods ... and I think the Justice League of Inclusionists would even have to agree that this article best belongs in this article than as a stand alone. LonelyBeacon (talk) 16:42, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * While this could be merged, I'm not too excited about doubling the size of New Mexico Lottery with details about the workings a defunct lotto game. Still, I wouldn't be opposed to a shorter mention of "4 this way" being added there, preferably with a source, of course. Okiefromokla questions? 18:15, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Normally, I would agree that looking at the length of an article is important before merging. However, the New Mexico Lottery articles is eight lines long ... total.  I think doubling, tripling, quadrupling its size and expanding it would be a very good thing for that article, and adding information on the "4-This Way!" would be a start.  If there are other games, they should be added and sourced as well.  Lotteries can be big deals from the stand point of politics and such, so the article really could use some expansion.  I'm not sure the current "4-This Way!" should be dumped in word-for-word, but I would look at this as an opportunity to make one articles better, rather than be left with two stubs, one of which (the 4-This-Way!) will never really be improved upon because there will never be much more to say about it. LonelyBeacon (talk) 23:18, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep-it should be acknowledged in some way. Ironically I started the page the day the New Mexico Lottery announced it was going to be retired a short time later. Loveyourcar (talk) 15:17, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


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