Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rice Belt

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The result was Keep. The nominator withdrew the nomination per the sources found and posted by User:Coin945, as well as User:Coin945's arguments for topic notability. (Non-administrator closure). Northamerica1000^(talk) 02:54, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rice Belt

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is not notable as a region. The only source provided, from the USDA, does not use the term "rice belt" or the word "belt" once. I cannot find any sources which mention a "rice belt". ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 20:02, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 22:21, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep What about here and here. "Rice belt texas" gives 6170 hits in GoogleBooks. Include all four states in the search and you get 970 hits - and these sources seem pretty darn good on first glance. On normal Google, there's 13,400 hits!. My argument isn't no. of hits, but just have a look at even some of those hits and you'll be convinced in the subject's notability. I'm convinced.--Coin945 (talk) 02:17, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, you're right - well found. I withdraw this nomination. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 14:56, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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