Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eskimo kissing


 * 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 was   Keep (non-admin closure). Per WP:SNOW, undivided consensus that significant coverage in independent reliable sources asserts the subject's notability, and that the article meets no deletion criteria. Nominator withdrew. WilliamH (talk) 22:35, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Eskimo kissing

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No sources or references that make this legit. Is this for real? GoHuskies9904 (talk) 20:35, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment There're two references in the article. Yes, it's for real. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:40, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - 41,700 hits on google for "eskimo kiss". This is for real Francium12 (talk) 20:41, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Also mentioned in many print sources. See GaryColemanFan (talk) 20:44, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep The presence of print sources (as mentioned above) has me convinced that this is an encyclopedic topic and can easily be more than a dicdef. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:48, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. This is an interesting article. The term exists for sure. -- Magioladitis (talk) 20:49, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * "Interesting" isn't a criterion for a normal-speed keep, much less a speedy keep. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:51, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy because the article doesn't meet any criterion for deletion. Interesting was an answer to "is this for real?" -- Magioladitis (talk) 21:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep - I think the tagging is unjustified and for the most part does not meet WP:DP. Yes, it has been tagged for references, but if you'd bother reading the talk page of Eskimo kiss you'd see there were suggestions on how to improve the article. It's a factual term that's also referred to as "kunik", "Polynesian kissing", etc. But Eskimo Kiss (161,000 GHits) entered English usage since the colonization of the Americas (although unlike 'kunik', it refers to the Western interpretation/style of solely rubbing noses), and is thus used because it is the more popular term. - Io Katai (talk) 20:56, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - article could use some work, but passes notability guidelines by significant coverage in independent reliable sources.-- Beloved Freak  21:24, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, well-established subject. WillOakland (talk) 21:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I withdrawl the AfD. I honestly thought this was a joke. Didn't know it was an actual term. My apologies. Close the discussion. It's a keep! -GoHuskies9904 (talk) 22:24, 4 May 2008 (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.