Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Gold Mining in Boundary County, Idaho


 * 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   delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 06:24, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

History of Gold Mining in Boundary County, Idaho

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Long article on the history of a county - almost certainly a copyvio of a book, if not then WP:OR Travelbird (talk) 16:29, 25 January 2011 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:26, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Idaho-related deletion discussions.  -- Reaper Eternal (talk) 16:41, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't believe that this is anything more than a copy of someone else's work, although I can't prove that. However, my experience has been that writers with a rich vocabulary ("nestled in the arms", "slow journey to the sea", "so ends the story", etc.) also have a good grasp of basic punctuation and capitalization.  The premise of Wikipedia is that people express themselves in their own words when adding to the sum of knowledge.  Is the topic of gold mining in a  particular county notable enough for it's own article?  I don't think so.  Mandsford 19:17, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Delete The WP:SPA editor who contributed the text claims it as his own. (See article talk page). If so, it's a WP:NOR violation.  If the topic meets notability standards, it could be banged into a proper WP article, but only with a complete rewrite.  Better to delete it and see if anybody (maybe the original editor?) puts together something more WP-appropriate on this topic. Yakushima (talk) 16:01, 1 February 2011 (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.