Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Northern Lights (strain) (second nomination)


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The result was keep. Yamamoto Ichiro 会話 03:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Northern Lights (strain)
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I first nominated this article on 30 November 2007, as it was unsourced and the article did not assert the notability of the subject. The article has not been modified to any great extent since then, so I am relisting on the same grounds. -- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 11:30, 5 February 2008 (UTC) 
 * Keep, I must first say I am NOT a pot smoker :-), But having read up on this "strain" it appears that this was one of the first hybrids of cannabis that has "shown no signs of inbreeding depression after decades of incestuous crosses". Although I am no expert of the subject, I have added some references. It really needs to be improved by a pot-head expert... :-) Fosnez (talk) 11:58, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - the strain may well be notable, but my point is that the article doesn't assert this. There are a lot of marijuana stubs around, and I wonder if they shouldn't all just be grouped into a single Marijuana strains article. --  JediLofty User ¦ Talk 15:10, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * If you agree the strain is notable, then the article should not be deleted, and sources should be looked for. DGG (talk) 19:16, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * As you said, there seem to be a lot of strains around, having them all in the one article would make it large and ungainly. I'm not expert on botanical classification, so I'm not shore how it works, but if you look at Poppy all the different strains seem to have their own articles. Fosnez (talk) 06:56, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete lack of significant coverage in reliable sources. No objection to merging into a Marijuana strains article per JediLofty. Addhoc (talk) 14:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 22:01, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

The topic is notable in hemp research, botany research and in cannabis drug culture. --Rigby27 (talk) 18:56, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 *  Smoke Delete, no evidence that this is a notable strain. No objection to a marijuana strains article, myself, even though I would rather sit in a tub full of Ginsu knives than smoke marijuana... Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 22:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. To restate what I said in the prior nomination: "Delete per nom due to lack of reliable sources published about the subject" -- this still stands and has yet to be resolved.  RFerreira (talk) 23:11, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep References have been added, and a casual search for "northern lights" along with pot-related terms gives tens of thousands of (no pun intended) "hits" It's also been mentioned in this amusing article from the BBC  Squidfryerchef (talk) 18:10, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * ANYONE WHO VOTES KEEP IS A MARIJUANA SMOKER! :-P ...just kidding. I've heard of it too but without RS we should delete. --Explodicle (talk) 16:30, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep- There are several secondary sources, of which are books, journals and newspaper articles. I just added a bunch more to the page...  here they are:
 * | Advances in Hemp Research
 * | The Big Book of Buds: Marijuana Varieties from the World's Great Seed Breeders
 * | Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible
 * | Rainbow Vice: The Drugs and Sex Industries in the New South Africa
 * | La cannabis. Proprietà, storia, impieghi, folklore
 * Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
 * | BioSource Hemp 2000
 * | Cannabis the wonder drug?
 * The Big Question: What is the truth about skunk, and have the dangers been overstated?
 * | Encyclopedia of Clinical Toxicology
 * | The Medicinal Uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids
 * | Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
 * Really good sources that someone mentioned in the previous AfD on this article:.


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