Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Distillers in Canada


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The result was withdrawn by nominator. Non-admin closure. Alexius08 (talk) 09:24, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Distillers in Canada

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Delete. As the article stands it does not add anything to WP. An Alcohol in Canada article would be a better, related idea and such a series of articles already exists. See Category:Alcohol by country. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 05:03, 24 October 2009 (UTC) New, don't delete. It started as a stub, but I have added quite a bit to it already in its first hour or two. I created the page because there wasn't a liquor equivalent of Beer in Canada and Canadian wine when I added those links to Prohibition in Canada. I agree the Alcohol in Canada article should be created, but that is a very large topic that wouldn't have much room for this topic. The template "Alcoholic beverages in" the Alcoholic beverages template shows that none of the 30 or so countries in North America have an "Alcohol in" article, including no Alcohol in the United States (although they should probably all be written at some point), except for Canada's which is only about consumption. We could call it Spirits in Canada or Liquor in Canada, but those are both problematic in that "spirits" has other meanings and "liquor" is sometimes considered as alcohol in general. I don't like Distilling in Canada either, not specific enough to the liquor industry. Facts707 (talk) 06:40, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Actually, Alan, your page says you are from New Zealand. Alcohol in New Zealand refers to the two articles Beer in New Zealand and New Zealand wine, but there is nothing for distillers. Do you know if the New Zealand distillers are mentioned somewhere else? Also Alcoholic beverages in New Zealand does not exist. If there is some naming convention or something that I am missing, please fill me in. Facts707 (talk) 06:50, 24 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I have withdrawn my afd nomination. Yes, there are all sorts of alcohol articles that need to be written. It seems that editors create WP articles with a bottom up approach. This is not a criticism of editors, I cannot criticise those who are helping to create an encyclopaedia as volunteers, but it is a systemic bias inherent in WP. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 07:12, 24 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Withdraw as nominator. The article has improved and now has merit as a WP article. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 07:12, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
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