Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Texas Tornado (dinghy)

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 18:38, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

=[[Texas Tornado (dinghy)]]=

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:({{Find sources|Texas Tornado (dinghy)}})

:({{Find sources|"Texas Tornado" Sailboat}})

Not notable, no sources found. Deprodded without comment by IP. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:06, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

:Delete unless notability established.TheLongTone (talk) 21:07, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Comment I don't know about our small sailboat notability standards but standard directories [http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord_metric.asp?class_id=4195 do list this boat]. Mangoe (talk) 22:10, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Keep as a dinghy that appears in directories of sailboats, thus being very similar to pretty much all other small dinghies here. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 22:14, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

:*WP:OSE. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 17:55, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

::*I was waiting for that response. It is, however, not relevant in the least degree. The boat has independent notability. It is a small boat, but that is not relevant either. It is verifiable, too. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 20:29, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 20:23, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 20:23, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Comment: This appears to be a sailboat, not a dinghy, and searces for '"Texas Tornado" sailboat' may turn up more applicable sources. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 22:35, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Noted. "thing" added above. In the UK it is referred to as a sailing dinghy, as are all our small sailing craft. I imagine the US uses the term sailboat? Fiddle Faddle (talk) 22:44, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 20:26, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Delete It was asserted above (without ref) that this little sailboat appears in directories. How many different models or instances of sailboats of this small size are there or have there been in the world, which have been listed in some directory? That does not sound like the significant coverage expected when judging notability. Verifying that a little boat exists does not establish that it should have an encyclopedia article, So far no one has linked to multiple reliable and independent sources with significant coverage. The search links at the top of the page have too many false hits dealing with tornadoes, Texas, and sailboats but not to this particular one for it to be practical for every person who comes by this AFD to search through pages of them. Edison (talk) 21:26, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Delete. A listing in a directory proves its existence, not notability. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 15:03, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

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