Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chili cookoff


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was KEEP. &mdash; J I P | Talk 06:47, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Chili cookoff
It's mostly an ad, but someday there ought to be a real article about chili cookoffs. Delete or expand? Melchoir 20:38, 8 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Remove the portions that are basically advertising for the International Chili Society and expand the article. This could turn into something genuinely interesting, like Barbecue. If the consensus is to delete, maybe a section could be added to the already substantial Chili con carne article. &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr; &#x9F9C; 21:15, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I took the liberty of rewriting it. There is very little left of the original article, though I thought it was still worth noting the International Chili Society's substantial contributions to charity and such. So I'm going to change my expand vote to keep! &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr; &#x9F9C; 04:32, 9 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Clean-up and Keep. Chili cookoffs are common cooking competitions. While the current article is poor, it could be turned into an interesting article.  Delete the ad parts and mark it for cleanup. -- JLaTondre 03:11, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as re-written. Could use further expansion.ERcheck 05:55, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay, Keep now that HorsePunchKid has cleaned and stubbed it. Melchoir 07:54, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for nominating the article and getting it some attention. It had apparently been sitting in that state for quite a while. :) &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr; &#x9F9C; 08:02, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Uh, was that sarcasm? Melchoir 08:39, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
 * No, not at all! It was just fun to work on a little article like that for a while instead of fighting link spam and such. Also gives me some hope that I'm not a complete deletionist. :) &mdash; HorsePunchKid &rarr; &#x9F9C; 20:09, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Well then, you're welcome. It's just that I've spent some time recently in Special:Ancientpages, so I can't think of articles created in 2005 as having sat there a while! Melchoir 20:36, 9 November 2005 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.