Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Water hog

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 keep. Spartaz ^Humbug! 05:49, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Water hog[edit]

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This product fails the notability requirements of WP:ORG. The article is poorly referenced (with references not really supporting the claims in the article) and I have not been able to find significant, independent secondary sources that in any way indicate that this product is notable. Wikipeterproject (talk) 23:49, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The only link I could find referencing it anywhere is the site selling them. It would deserve an article if it became widely used but until then it should be deleted. Howan (talk) 18:27, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - As per above. It is a stub, there is not enough 'meat' on the article to make it notable or last. 76.71.122.138 (talk) 23:18, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep There are several independent references from a WP:RS Irish newspaper. I don't know why Wikipeterproject says the articles don't support the claims, since they definitely do. --MelanieN (talk) 22:04, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The first article does confirm the inventor. The second reference is about one specific event, but the article uses it as a reference to support a very broad claim that the machine "is now used at a wide range of sporting venues..." Wikipeterproject (talk) 10:02, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 00:36, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I know from my own original research that water hogs are widely used in cricket, and are frequently referred to in match commentaries (much of Test Match Special consists of commentators talking through rain breaks, especially when the match is taking place in England, so clean-up efforts are described in detail). Here's an article about their use in cricket and here's one about golf. Phil Bridger (talk) 15:00, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Clearly more information needs to be added, but the item in question does indeed have notability. Images, history of the device, different brands... all of this would be of great addition to the article. But I disagree with calls to delete this stub of an article. — Timneu22 · talk 19:14, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - used internationally, these machines are regularly referred to in the media. I am indebted to User:Phil Bridger for finding two more sources, the second of which addresses the subject directly and in detail. I see no basis for deletion. As a final thought, I find it regrettable that the nominator did not extend the courtesy to me of notifying me of this AfD. TerriersFan (talk) 22:49, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Response: Sorry. Wikipeterproject (talk) 02:03, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Phil Bridger. --Tagishsimon (talk) 22:55, 10 April 2010 (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.