Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dirty Dozen (bicycle competition)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 02:11, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Dirty Dozen (bicycle competition)

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Not annual, since it has only happened once. Local coverage only. From the one local RS it has a $15 registration fee, it doesn't take out permits with the cities it runs through, there's no title sponsor, and the 13 finish lines are hand-drawn orange chalk lines on the streets. Maybe someday it will be notable, but right now it was a one time event that got one local article, making it short of WP:N. WP:TOOSOON applies. Dennis Brown (talk) 11:12, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:11, 12 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment - Only happened once? According to the Post-Gazette article it has been running since 1983. It certainly sounds like an annual race. 81.142.107.230 (talk) 15:13, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I stand corrected on that point. Dennis Brown (talk) 20:16, 12 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. The event has been going on for many years, and has attracted a reasonable amount of local coverage.  There've also been some out-of-town sources: this entry in Biking Bis, which appears to be a high-end biking blog; this article at the Cincinnati Cycle Club site; and this piece in Wired.  The business Global Ride Productions, which peddles first-person biking DVDs, sells one for this ride, available through Amazon; note that their other DVDs depict rides in places like France, Italy, and Hawaii, so they're definitely not just a local Pittsburgh business.  I'm not sure what notability standards would apply to a situation like this, and WP:NSPORTS is fairly useless on the matter; but I think this article has at least some claim to meet WP:GNG.  Needs considerable work by someone who cares about the subject; but that's not especially relevant to the AfD process.  Ammodramus (talk) 05:44, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 12:53, 20 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep Feature in Wired combined with other sources seems sufficient to me to pass WP:GNG Pol430  talk to me 15:08, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - Topic receives significant coverage in reliable sources; topic passes WP:GNG:
 * The Steepest Road On Earth Takes No Prisoners. Wired 1 December 2010
 * — Northamerica1000 (talk) 22:34, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
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 * — Northamerica1000 (talk) 22:34, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
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