Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Solar energy use in rural Africa


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The result was   Withdrawn by nom. I of all people should know about biting new editors, in fact it's something I've talked about repeatedly. That aside I'll withdraw the nom and let it get worked on, lest I nominate this quickly again. NativeForeigner Talk 00:31, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Solar energy use in rural Africa

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WP:NOTESSAY NativeForeigner Talk 05:22, 9 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - This article has problems, but it's pretty clearly encyclopedic. There was a huge article in National Geographic in the last year on solar purification of drinking water in Africa, for example. Rather than hand grenading this article and this editor, this is a Keep It and Fix It deal here. Carrite (talk) 05:39, 9 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment - And a big fat trout to the nominator's forehead for proposing this piece for deletion SIX MINUTES after creation!!! Carrite (talk) 05:40, 9 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment - And then I put that down and flatten the nominator with a 25 pound salmon since this was a new editor being shat upon. DON'T BITE THE NOOBS!!! This strikes me as damned near close to sanctionable in its flagrancy... Carrite (talk) 05:43, 9 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment - Long message left for the content creator. Hard tweaking of this piece anticipated in coming days. An ARTICLE RESCUE SQUAD flag would be up if that were still an option, helping hands of experienced editors are needed here... Carrite (talk) 06:04, 9 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment - There is actually a pretty good standing piece on Solar water disinfection, I note. Carrite (talk) 06:10, 9 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment - Hmmmm, I was figuring a 3-for-1 split of the piece would solve the essay issue, but there is also a very good standing piece on Solar cooker, so this is starting to look like a fork. Carrite (talk) 06:14, 9 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment - The one I'm not finding is Solar drip irrigation. Anybody? Carrite (talk) 06:18, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * We have a decent article on Drip irrigation, you could smerge the content there. Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 10:10, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 12:07, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:09, 9 February 2012 (UTC)


 * I saw that. It's unsourced and far and away the weakest of the three. I reckon that if this is a new person serious about contributing to WP, that would be the direction to steer them. This may be a term paper dumped on the doorstep though, there are a couple indicators of that... We'll see if they communicate and we can go from there. Carrite (talk) 16:44, 9 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep Clearly notable, although the article could use some work to have it not read like an essay. Nwlaw63 (talk) 20:48, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
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