Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lawn sweeper


 * 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The result was nomination withdrawn with no outstanding delete !votes. TerriersFan (talk) 19:00, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Lawn sweeper

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Contested prod. I'm not sure where to begin here. Article is a mix of a dictionary definition, advertising, and original research. I would have tagged this for speedy, but was not sure where to put it.  TN ‑ X - Man  18:23, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:46, 18 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Lawn mower. I know, mowing and sweeping are different tasks, but people generally do not purchase two separate machines for this purpose.  Mandsford (talk) 13:45, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 *  Extremely weak and feeble Keep In its present form this article fails WP:NOTHOWTO and WP:V too (the "refs" are both links to commercial sites selling the machines). However, the lawn sweeper does appear to exist as a specialist piece of kit which is different from the lawn mower, so I'm not sure a redirect is appropriate.  With all the howtos excised and a rewrite to make it more encyclopaedic, this would make a decent gardening stub.   Ka renjc 17:41, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep a separate device. Many manufacturers. IDONTUSEIT is not a reason to delete. DGG (talk) 17:47, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to leaf sweeper, since it sounds like the same device. (If not, then someone should clarify the differences.)  I'd also suggest cleaning up the how-to information in lawn sweeper, although it's sort of ironic to suggest cleaning up an article about a tool used to clean up.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 17:49, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment OK, I have attacked this article, removing all the howto and starting to Wikify. I'm going to redirect Leaf sweeper to Lawn sweeper because it seems to be a more widespread term for the same article, judging from the gardening websites out there.  I'll alter the  template accordingly.  Ka renjc 18:38, 18 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment - I am willing to withdraw this nomination based on the excellent cleanup by Karenjc, if there are no objections. Good work!  TN ‑  X   - Man  18:42, 18 September 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.