Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skirrow (car)


 * 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.  MBisanz  talk 00:05, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Skirrow (car)

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Unable to find any secondary source coverage, nor does the article make any assertion of notability. ReformedArsenal (talk) 20:53, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - "Perhaps the least known and most underrated racing car constructor in this country". That is how author Derek Bridgett described Henry (Harry) Skirrow in his book "Midget Car Speedway". If he's the least known constructor and the only two sources I could find were the 2 already in the external links section then I doubt the car has "significant coverage" as required by WP:N. I'm happy to be proved wrong if there are multiple offline references. James086 Talk  21:22, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Changed to Keep as TheFeds found multiple sources. James086 Talk  11:33, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. One link in article refers to a Skirrow car being announced in Autocar, January 1, 1937. Also a possibly-2-page article in Motor Sport, December 1936, if the table of contents here (see: &, alternatively: ) is to be believed. Further coverage of the Skirrow Special in The Motor, 1968, Volume 133, Page 64: "This is the 1937 four-wheel-drive 'Skirrow Special' which had two 500 c.c. JAP cylinders mounted on a common crankcase. Note the chain transmission and completely unsilenced exhaust system. The steering required only one turn from lock ..." TheFeds 08:21, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Here we go again. "Must have an assertion of notability". What exactly do you think that means? Trust me, it doesn't mean the word "notable" must appear in the article. Car marques generally have an assumption of notability. -- Necrothesp (talk) 19:29, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It means that the article has to tell us why we should care about the existence of this car. Was it a unique new model, did it win a particular prize or race, was it in a famous movie, anything... this article goes little beyond "This car existed..."ReformedArsenal (talk)
 * In actual fact, for certain subjects the fact it existed is quite enough for an article to exist on it. This is one of those subjects. -- Necrothesp (talk) 19:44, 4 November 2012 (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.