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Keep An article about a notable 82 year old zoo and amusement park is not an "advertisement" and unless evidence of a payment to the Wikimedia Foundation in exchange is provided, the ad claim should be withdrawn. This zoo is covered in a multi-volume encyclopedia of zoos
here. Overly promotional content should be corrected through normal editing, not deletion.
Cullen328Let's discuss it 02:56, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Keep: The article relies substanially on selfpub'd references, but this is
not a reason for deletion. Keep and clean it up, or tag it and someone will be along shortly.
Ivanvector (
talk) 05:03, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
You mean that someone will remove the advertising in 2025? The Bannertalk 11:21, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
That may be true, but it is plain promo not a neutral description. The Bannertalk 11:21, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
"Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a theme park, zoo and hotel in South West London, England. It lies 12 miles (19 km) south of Central London, in the Chessington area of the Kingston upon Thames borough. Historically opened as Chessington Zoo in 1931, an amusement park was developed alongside the zoo, opening in 1987" sounds like a neutral description to me. Much of the rest of the article likewise. It isn't even tagged for promotional/advertising content. --
Colapeninsula (
talk) 13:11, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Speedy keep - No valid rationale for deletion presented, as AfD is not cleanup; Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a major UK theme park with enormous amounts of coverage in the press. Banner, did you even attempt a Google search?
Lukeno94(tell Luke off here) 12:00, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Did you read the article?? The Bannertalk 13:42, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Yes, I did. The article is not even that much of an advert, and I've no idea what's provoked this crusade, but it's very heavily misguided. You'd be better off withdrawing all of these AfDs; pretty much all of the things you nominated are clearly notable.
Lukeno94(tell Luke off here) 13:48, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Keep. Article subject easily meets
WP:GNG, and AfD is not for cleanup, as others have noted.
— sparklism hey! 10:28, 18 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Keep. Of course. Sometimes I really don't think we're taking this project seriously. The nominator needs to realise the difference between the way an article is written and the notability of the subject. Only the latter is grounds for deletion. --
Necrothesp (
talk) 16:27, 19 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Aha, when you don't have proper arguments, just attack the nominator.
The Bannertalk 23:02, 20 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Come on Banner, his point is clearly valid, given the fact that you're still insisting on keeping open this AfD on a highly notable theme park, when the article isn't even that promotional.
Lukeno94(tell Luke off here) 23:11, 20 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Banner, it might be most helpful if you went to the
Chessington talk page and articulated exactly what you dislike about the page ('promotional' is a rather subjective adjective) - I wouldn't mind making the changes for you.
Earflaps (
talk) 23:44, 20 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Speedy keep. Absurd nomination regarding a major theme park of long standing.--
A bit iffy (
talk) 12:21, 21 December 2013 (UTC)reply
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.
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.
Keep An article about a notable 82 year old zoo and amusement park is not an "advertisement" and unless evidence of a payment to the Wikimedia Foundation in exchange is provided, the ad claim should be withdrawn. This zoo is covered in a multi-volume encyclopedia of zoos
here. Overly promotional content should be corrected through normal editing, not deletion.
Cullen328Let's discuss it 02:56, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Keep: The article relies substanially on selfpub'd references, but this is
not a reason for deletion. Keep and clean it up, or tag it and someone will be along shortly.
Ivanvector (
talk) 05:03, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
You mean that someone will remove the advertising in 2025? The Bannertalk 11:21, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
That may be true, but it is plain promo not a neutral description. The Bannertalk 11:21, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
"Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a theme park, zoo and hotel in South West London, England. It lies 12 miles (19 km) south of Central London, in the Chessington area of the Kingston upon Thames borough. Historically opened as Chessington Zoo in 1931, an amusement park was developed alongside the zoo, opening in 1987" sounds like a neutral description to me. Much of the rest of the article likewise. It isn't even tagged for promotional/advertising content. --
Colapeninsula (
talk) 13:11, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Speedy keep - No valid rationale for deletion presented, as AfD is not cleanup; Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a major UK theme park with enormous amounts of coverage in the press. Banner, did you even attempt a Google search?
Lukeno94(tell Luke off here) 12:00, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Did you read the article?? The Bannertalk 13:42, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Yes, I did. The article is not even that much of an advert, and I've no idea what's provoked this crusade, but it's very heavily misguided. You'd be better off withdrawing all of these AfDs; pretty much all of the things you nominated are clearly notable.
Lukeno94(tell Luke off here) 13:48, 17 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Keep. Article subject easily meets
WP:GNG, and AfD is not for cleanup, as others have noted.
— sparklism hey! 10:28, 18 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Keep. Of course. Sometimes I really don't think we're taking this project seriously. The nominator needs to realise the difference between the way an article is written and the notability of the subject. Only the latter is grounds for deletion. --
Necrothesp (
talk) 16:27, 19 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Aha, when you don't have proper arguments, just attack the nominator.
The Bannertalk 23:02, 20 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Come on Banner, his point is clearly valid, given the fact that you're still insisting on keeping open this AfD on a highly notable theme park, when the article isn't even that promotional.
Lukeno94(tell Luke off here) 23:11, 20 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Banner, it might be most helpful if you went to the
Chessington talk page and articulated exactly what you dislike about the page ('promotional' is a rather subjective adjective) - I wouldn't mind making the changes for you.
Earflaps (
talk) 23:44, 20 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Speedy keep. Absurd nomination regarding a major theme park of long standing.--
A bit iffy (
talk) 12:21, 21 December 2013 (UTC)reply
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
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