Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miss Cosmos 1951


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The result was delete all three. seresin | wasn't he just...? 20:15, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Miss Cosmos 1951

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 * I'm also nominating the newly created articles List of Miss Cosmos titleholders and Miss Cosmos Special Awards. I hope its okay to tack onto this, otherwise I'll create a new entry. PageantUpdater  talk • contribs  05:42, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Non-notable pageant instance. Perhaps there might be sufficient grounds for notability for a Miss Cosmos article (although I honestly have no idea) but I think that individual year articles on an obscure pageant (compared to the much more notable pageants such as Miss Universe and Miss World) is wrong.

I just want to add that obviously finding news sources for 1951 on the internet is pretty much an exercise in futility, but I did check the Google News archive for "miss cosmos 1951" and there were no hits.PageantUpdater talk • contribs  04:14, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Adding another note. The more I look at the "delegate names" the more I wonder whether this could be a joke?  I checked Pageantopolis which has a wealth of information on historical and obscure pageants, and that site doesn't mention it.  PageantUpdater  talk • contribs  04:20, 10 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete (unless sources are provided) - The AfD notice was placed on this article while I was in the middle of posting a proposed deletion (prod). Here's the "reason" I was going to list in the prod: "Article is orphaned and totally unsourced, meaning that there is no verification of the validity of its contents. Additionally, I did not find any verification in a quick Google search." I have no idea if this pageant is real. If there are sources, then it could be considered for retention. --Orlady (talk) 04:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The same reasoning applies equally to List of Miss Cosmos titleholders and Miss Cosmos Special Awards. Unless there is some documentation that Miss Cosmos is real, they also should be deleted. --Orlady (talk) 13:36, 10 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Miss Cosmos 1951 as apparent hoax based on the implausible contestant names. The List of Miss Cosmos titleholders and Miss Cosmos Special Awards have no useful content and should be deleted as well. In fact, the latter appears to be a hard-coded template placed in article space. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:57, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree that the contestant names give the impression that this is fake. Delete unless it can be shown to exist. J I P  | Talk 06:14, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions.   — Littleteddy (roar!) 10:22, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment The Google News archives have several hits for "miss cosmos". Hits that may be relevant include the Independent Press-Telegram from December 27, 1959, The Marion Star from July 30, 1954, and The Capital from April 19, 1980. --Pixelface (talk) 16:18, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * That's two hits and without subscriptions to see the useage in context we don't even know if they were properly describing a pageant or using the term in jest. PageantUpdater  talk • contribs  18:45, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Most of the Google hits on "Miss Cosmos" are to science fiction (or parodies of sci-fi). --Orlady (talk) 18:51, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Please, stop adding this sort of non-articles to Wikipedia. / Mats Halldin (talk) 21:09, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - as noted above, it seems to be a hoax. If not, then add references. U$er (talk) 22:09, 15 March 2008 (UTC)


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