Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vehicle Specific Power


 * 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. Note that the article was expanded considerably during the course of this debate, so the initial concern has been addressed. The consensus clearly is that the term is notable enough for an entry. Sjakkalle (Check!)  20:58, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Vehicle Specific Power

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At best this is a dictionary definition, while Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Also, I can find no evidence that the term is in common sense in the sense given in the article: even the definition in the cited source does not really agree with this article. In fact, the definition "the energy needed to move a specified unit of vehicle mass" does not make it clear exactly what it is supposed to mean. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:59, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom '''Keep"" Fiddle Faddle (talk) 15:08, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Modified opinion after seeing the sources. This term exists and is referred to on page 88 of ISBN 9780309070881. I'm satisfied that it is encyclopaedic Fiddle Faddle (talk) 21:16, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep - This term is beyond the scope of a dictionary definition, and the sources in the article appear to be valid. This source uses the term specifically: Vehicle Specific Power: A Useful Parameter for Remote Sensing and Emission Studies. Northamerica1000(talk) 21:47, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Keepish. Enough ghits but only 406 google scholar hits. It is somewhat more than a dicdef. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 22:39, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
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