Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scotland's Malt Whisky Trail


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The result was Keep. Michig (talk) 13:32, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Scotland's Malt Whisky Trail

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This is simple advertising. It has no merit as a subjec and no notability. All the refs are affiliated advertsing sites. This is a simple and understandable ploy to get punters into distilleries and buying Whisky. It fails WP:GNG by a mile (and it doesn't include the Islay and Skye distilleries!)  Velella  Velella Talk 10:36, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 11:03, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
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 * comment There is a lot of tourist coverage of this, and interestingly, there is also some coverage of it as a marketing tool. I'm going to take a look at the latter and see if it can be incorporated in the article. But yes, it's a marketing thing. Mangoe (talk) 14:47, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep I've found a paper with good historical info which can be used to counterbalance the current promotional tone. Mangoe (talk) 14:59, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 19:05, 26 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment, afd appears to have been triggered by this edit, there may be WP:COPYRIGHT and WP:COI issues here, do appropriate tags/notices need to be left on article talkpage and talkpage? Coolabahapple (talk) 20:02, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment, have added travel and tourism project tag to this article's talkpage so project participants are aware of this afd. Coolabahapple (talk) 22:53, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep, meets WP:GNG, this is a well known tourist route, having been established in the 1950s, lots of travel articles discuss it ie. The Yorkshire Post - "Travel review: The 'Cotswolds of Scotland'", Bournemouth Daily Echo - "Travel: The Craigellachie Hotel, the perfect base for a weekend in Speyside", Forbes - "Two Perfect Days on Scotland's Malt Whisky Trail", CNN (no, not "CNN...NN":)) "12 of the world's most enticing food and drink trails", The Daily Telegraph - "Learn about whisky and other drinks in Scotland" (may be deemed advertorial?), its discussed in Frommer's - see here, Rough Guides - see here, International Journal of Wine Marketing'' - here and here. Coolabahapple (talk) 22:54, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep, apologies if the edits weren't great - first timer! This is the world's only Malt Whisky Trail though BBC - "Exploring Scotland's historic whisky trail", and based in Speyside, that's why it doesn't include whiskies from Islay and Skye (completely separate areas in Scotland). There are also pages on Wikipedia for other trails such as Kentucky Bourbon Trail, American Whiskey Trail. SpeyMWT (talk) 09:46, 27 February 2018 (UTC) — SpeyMWT (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep and improve, clearly notable per WP:GNG with plenty of coverage online in WP:RS, as noted by User:Coolabahapple and User:SpeyMWT above. User:SpeyMWT should nevertheless refrain from editing on this subject, due to the obvious WP:Conflict of interest. The Mighty Glen (talk) 09:59, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand, as this is a notable whisky trail of long many years and well covered by the media sources. C. W. Gilmore (talk) 15:09, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep The importance of this trail seems pretty well established from a tourism perspective. Lots of coverage to pick from. I liked that it appeared in this tourism story from 2014. Passes WP:GNG. Drchriswilliams (talk) 21:33, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a well known trail and a search would suggest there has been enough media coverage of it over the years to justify notability. Dunarc (talk) 21:31, 1 March 2018 (UTC)


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