Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Round bottom shoe
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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 keep. This discussion has served its purpose — no one has maintained the notion to delete and the article has been greatly improved. — cj | talk 04:08, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Round bottom shoe
This article was brought to my attention by its creator, who requested, if I thought it was appropriate, a redirect to the article from a
related one which had been repeatedly speedied and subsequently protected. On viewing the article, I found that it had been nominated for speedy deletion as a duplicate of the protected one. In light of its good faith creation, however, and with a quick comparison to the other article, I disagreed with the assessment and declined the speedy request. I submit the article for further consideration here, given its perhaps tenuous notability, though I offer no opinion as to whether it should be deleted or not. cj | talk 09:32, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply
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- Keep. For what it's worth, I as the creator am interested in seeing an article on the generic item stay. No wish to advertise for companies that sell these but simply put out detail about a style of shoe that's becoming increasingly apparent when you go outside and see people walking/exercising. Will change my vote if someone shows me a good reason.
As far as I can see it would satisfy
]- The problem is that you started from the snake oil, the advertisements from the shoe manufacturers and the fashion world puff pieces in the newspapers. To the people to whom shoes are science, rather than marketing and fashion, the world is somewhat different. When I saw this article, I imediately reached for a book that I had, ISBN 9780080451077 pp. 217–218. Go to the actual science and medicine on this, rather than the trend-following newspaper articles and marketing puffery. It's quite a different world, you'll find. Uncle G (talk) 13:13, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- The problem is that you started from the snake oil, the advertisements from the shoe manufacturers and the fashion world puff pieces in the newspapers. To the people to whom shoes are science, rather than marketing and fashion, the world is somewhat different. When I saw this article, I imediately reached for a book that I had,
- Keep but move to Masai Barefoot Technologyas a redirect.
- Keep The current article is better than most in this area (compare ]
- 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.