Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Driving pleasure (2nd nomination)
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- 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 delete. mentioning the term is not the same as a detailed reliable source discussing the subject Spartaz Humbug! 06:27, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Dicdef, OR. 3 sources are broken, the other looks like a research paper. I can't see any way to make this not a dicdef. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:58, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:15, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:15, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete -- WP:OR - a poor quality essay. Peterkingiron (talk) 18:07, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak Delete Of the 4 references, 3 are dead links, and two of those were never formatted as references. Most of is just a person essay giving someone's thoughts on the subject. Why I said "WEAK delete" is because the subject might be encyclopedic and wp:notable. North8000 (talk) 21:55, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- It would need some academic citations before I would consider retaining it. Better to start again; unless of course some one will rescue it duing the AFD period. Peterkingiron (talk) 14:00, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete or redirect to Fahrvergnügen to keep the history. Bearian (talk) 22:34, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete:Currently just an essay. Could become a topic but should be called Factors that affect driving comfort or similar, as people do not always derive pleasure from speed or racing. Mattg82 (talk) 02:49, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep: as per Google Books and Google Scholars - numerous references to features of a car which result in "driving pleasure". "Gear ratios in the five-speed transaxle are sportingly chosen, which means fuel economy suffers in the long run , but at the gain of driving pleasur.", "A transport mode is popular if people are happy to use it", "Combining properties for driving pleasure and driving safety: a challenge for the chassis engineer"--Coin945 (talk) 06:15, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete as WP:OR. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:39, 2 December 2011 (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.