Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic


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The result was keep. Can&#39;t sleep, clown will eat me 02:49, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic

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Non notable sporting event. I think the first sentence of the article sums it up. According to the photo, there's about 20 people in this race. yandman 08:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - verifiability problems with 74 non-wiki ghits. MER-C 08:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey, the only race of its kind in the world. The picture you are referring to is only part of the group involved. Log out when you are finished — Southernflower (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep a Google News archive search shows this gets significant press attention. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  12:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * They're all from the local newspaper: "Anchorage Daily News". yandman  13:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * They're not, though. Some are from Fairbanks, Seattle, and other places.  Besides, Anchorage, Alaska is no one-horse town, it's the biggest city in Alaska with almost 350,000 residents.  If something is Alaska-based and makes the news in Anchorage and Fairbanks, that's pretty notable. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  13:10, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep per Andrew Lenahan -- Whpq 17:15, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a high-profile race with a 24-year history that is frequently cited in accounts of Adventure racing. -- Shunpiker 00:21, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, SportsAddicted | discuss  11:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a historically important race, and as noted above is significant in the history of adventure racing and related extreme endurance events. John Turner | discuss 11:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Size is not always proportional to importance or influence. Romandial 20:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep —  per Andrew Dionyseus 01:35, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


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