Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teddy bear parachuting


 * 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. joe deckertalk to me 14:49, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Teddy bear parachuting

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Not a very notable idea. PROD removed by creator JDDJS (talk) 03:39, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. Aside from the official(?) website, all I can find on the topic are photos and mentions on GeoCities-like sites.  Erpert  Who is this guy? 04:03, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable. Brumak (talk) 06:21, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - a bit of GNews searching shows some interesting cross-matches to news articles dating back to 1940s of teddy bears in parachutes being used during the war for target practice, use as part of food-parcel drops and used to drop from balloons to show wind direction. With a shift in direction from just the charity campaign viewpoint to the wider cultural impact of parachuting teddybears this would be unambiguously encyclopaedic. Fæ (talk) 09:44, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Even the BBC has an article (cited in the article at http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/out_about/2003/08/teddy.shtml) that is exclusively about the very topic. Dennis Brown (talk) 13:24, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep It isn't a game but I think there are enough passing references in local news sources and .org  to warrant the article and meet notability several charities have had events including it. As long as any commercial element is kept off the page I don't see that there is an issue.Tetron76 (talk) 13:52, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:17, 8 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep This has been a popular pastime amongst kitefliers for 20-odd years. I've expanded and added a book ref. If I can find where he's hiding, I'll photograph my own parachute bear. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:38, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * 'Weak keep. The single BBC report isn't enough, but I would be surprised if there wasn't a lot more that we simply don't know. (I couldn't find it on Google News, but that doesn't say much.) If done well, this is the kind of little topic that we can and should really cover. Hans Adler 20:10, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep There are lots of sources which cover the topic from a variety of angles. Colonel Warden (talk) 07:49, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Nomination Withdrawn Since of everyone is voting to keep it, I withdraw my nomination (even though I still think it should be deleted). I'm too busy to officially close this AFD, but feel free to do so yourself. JDDJS (talk) 15:29, 9 April 2011 (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.