Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oil Capital of the World


 * 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   keep. No consensus to delete. The issue of converting the article into a disambig can continue on the article's talk page. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:14, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Oil Capital of the World

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Article has been a stub for 4-1/2 years with no significant improvement. Topic is mostly a bit of trivia, and completely unsourced. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:56, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and convert into a disambiguation page. If I'm not mistaken, Titusville, Pennsylvania, has also been called the Oil Capital of the World. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 04:00, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep, but not as a dab page (there are no other articles with this title). There are just too many references to the phrase to ignore. I'll add some. And let's not forget that mighty claimant Cleveland.. P.S. Whatever happens, do the same to Oil capital of the world. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:34, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment My nominee would be Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In that Clarity is adding some sources, however, there's the potential that this can be improved.  Mandsford (talk) 13:06, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Oil Capital. of the WORLD? in the US? hardly, not since US peak oil, anyway.  At minimum it needs work.  I think there are serious POV issues, perhaps.  David V Houston (talk) 15:10, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment You can question the POV of the cities' boosters, but the article itself only reports what they claim. Clarityfiend (talk) 15:41, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per Clarityfiend. A phrase in long use by civic boosters in various places; plenty of sources available to make a decent small article. --Arxiloxos (talk) 23:24, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oklahoma-related deletion discussions.  —Arxiloxos (talk) 23:29, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions.  —Arxiloxos (talk) 23:29, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Convert to DAB - Multiple cities lay claim to the title. -- Whpq (talk) 16:32, 20 April 2010 (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.