Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kite (sailboat)


 * 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   no consensus. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 21:58, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Kite (sailboat)

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The article reads like it's advertising, but they don't make these anymore. It's been tagged as such by a number of other editors.

I can't find any real sources, the best I come up with is a Trade name dictionary that has the "Kite" name registered for a small boat to the relevant company. This deserves mention in a Newport Boats article, but not as a stand-alone. Shadowjams (talk) 18:56, 6 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment if deleted, it should be redirected to the kite sail article (kite (sail)) 76.66.193.221 (talk) 04:39, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  23:26, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:36, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect into Kite(sail) but that doesn't exist, and it is neither a Spinnaker nor the square-rigger's kite sail ... there it is, Kitesurfing, only this is using a boat rather than a board. Probably needs its own page, but this one reads like an ad for a particular boat, rather than the use of kites for boat propulsion. (Down, wikidragon, down!) htom (talk) 21:54, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. See this LA Times article. Searching for 'Kite "Newport Boats"' gives better results. Bongo  matic  03:01, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
 * 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.