Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hel van het Noorden


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The result was   no consensus. Ron Ritzman (talk) 05:04, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Hel van het Noorden

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Not a notable race, despite its role in possibly qualifying for the Dutch national rowing team--that's only selection. If you look up "Hel van het Noorden" you find, of course, lots of hits--and they're all for Paris–Roubaix. I propose this be deleted, and the name given to a redirect for that race. Drmies (talk) 01:54, 4 September 2010 (UTC) 15:57, 4 September 2010 (UTC  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete -- no notability demonstrated in a reliable secondary source. N2e (talk)
 * Keep -- Notability demonstrated in various secondary sources. A 'Hel van het Noorden' google search in combination with any rowing related term does generates lots of hits. That another ,more popular, event with the same name is on the first page doesn't disqualify the rowing race as a notable race. I added a source for the 'selection criteria' claim and some references in regional and national news media. NeB27 (talk) 23:55, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I saw you added links to articles on the KNRB website and on some rowing news site. Those hardly count as independent sources that help confer notability on the topic. So notability is not established. Sorry. Drmies (talk) 03:08, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 06:46, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
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