Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Davis Day


 * 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. Ifnord 15:02, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Davis Day
Minor observance of very local interest. 65 unique googles and not all about topic. Either merge with a valid page on Cape Breton / Nova Scotia or delete.  ++D e iz  00:58, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's notable, the article needs content added not deletion.  --  Wikipedical 01:02, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems verifiable, expandable, and noteworthy at least to miners in Nova Scotia.  Smerdis of Tlön 01:12, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * So get expanding... Nobody is saying it isn't real, but plenty of stuff we delete is "real" but far from encyclopedic. That something is "noteworthy to miners in Nova Scotia" is hardly grounds for inclusion in an encyclopedia. I'm sure the price list in their canteen is important to them too. I'm all about the unusual nature of this and hope it turns into a great article, right now it's nothing.  ++D e iz  02:15, 16 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep and expand. How many holidays celebrate the death of a striking miner? This is real and highly unusual. -- JJay 01:14, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * According to Cape Breton Development Corporation the last mine in the area closed in 2001 - is this holiday even observed any more? Wouldn't a better start be an article on William Davis and the statue of him in New Waterford town square, or better still the strike itself (see the BESCO section of Industrial history of Cape Breton Island for a start, albeit directly lifted from ). Instead we get articles on the company shop, main street and the water supply? Non notable, so Delete Jxan3000 13:25, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I would cheerfully also support the merge and redirect of the article into a general article about William Davis (miner), salva veritate. (William Davis is unsurprisingly a disambig page.) Smerdis of Tlön 16:11, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, Noteworthy thing, it should be expanded. Afonso Silva 13:58, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, people are calling this notable but I really have to disagree. I just don't see it, looking at the evidence available. Lord Bob 16:58, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with Industrial history of Cape Breton Island and redirect. Peyna 18:17, 16 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. Needs some more content, but it sure isn't Corpsel. -- Jay  (Reply)  21:29, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as per JJay.192.43.227.18 02:43, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge per Peyna.--ThreeAnswers 02:45, 17 February 2006 (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.