Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/South Summit (Everest)

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The result was nomination withdrawn. No one seems to be on board with deletion anymore. Ricky81682 (talk) 21:24, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

South Summit (Everest)[edit]

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Prodded under "Unsourced paragraph; insufficient material for a separated page when Mount Everest could easily absorb this" but removed. No evidence that this particular summit is independently notable and I don't think individual mountain summits are inherently notable on their own. Maybe move to draftspace. Ricky81682 (talk) 05:31, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I added two sources but to me it's still only passing mentions at best for them about this being the summit that ended one particular expedition. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 06:26, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as PROD proponent. Victão Lopes ^Fala! 05:40, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep, article looks adequate now. I would normally support merging it with Mount Everest, but the latter is 177k long, so splitting its topics won't hurt. Victão Lopes ^Fala! 05:28, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The South Summit is a notable feature very high on Mount Everest. It is located on the most commonly climbed route, the one first climbed by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, and has been discussed in varying levels of detail in literally dozens of books about climbing Everest. For example, in Reinhold Messner's 1979 classic, "Everest: Expedition to the Utimate", he discusses the South Summit for several paragraphs, calling it "quite a milestone for me" on page 158 of the first English language edition. Messner is the first to climb Everest without oxygen and is certainly one of the greatest mountaineers ever. His book is in my lap right now, and I am finding discussion of the South Summit in several places throughout the book. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:31, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:35, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nepal-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:14, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Notable topographic feature like the North Face, South Col, &c. Andrew D. (talk) 13:30, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Some individual mountain summits may well not be notable, but the second highest on Earth? Did the nominator carry out WP:Before? Ϣere SpielChequers 15:53, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I have expanded the article and added four references. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:21, 28 October 2015 (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.