Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gunnies

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. J04n(talk page) 15:00, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gunnies

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I found no coverage for what appears to just be a definition of an uncommon word. SL93 (talk) 05:34, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Per WP:NOTDICT: we already have an article on open-cast mining, and wikipedia articles are by concept/thing, not by word/name/term. I don't know if moving to Wiktionary is appropriate. --Colapeninsula (talk) 15:06, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The existing article was basically rubbish. I've rewritten and referenced it to show that it's a notable enough topic. —SMALLJIM 00:06, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I would go ahead and withdraw, but there is a delete. If the delete is changed, consider this withdrawn. SL93 (talk) 02:12, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment:as part of WikiProject Mining I've been going through and working to organize the various techniques of mining pages, and indeed some will likely be merging and splitting where needed. However, this page is categorized under "Mining in Cornwall", which gives it an rather interesting status, as the Cornish Mining Tradition has many articles specific to its mines, miners, and techniques (much like those articles on the Harz region of Germany), even where they may fall under a larger technique, because it is a very notable and distinctive regional tradition that often differs from the rest of the world. As there is growing and increasing sourced content for this article, I'd say Keep for the time being, and if need be later MERGE it into the relevant article, rather than outright deletion. Morgan Riley (talk) 20:33, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Revised: Strong keep: I've been working on building out the article on stoping (mining), and realized what exactly this article is. It's as it says: a type of near-vertical stoping, that often hits the surface. Its a form of underground mining that happens to break out into the surface, not a type of surface/open-pit mining. It's a specialized topic, yes, but from all I can tell, it is a very distinct topic.Morgan Riley (talk) 05:54, 18 February 2013 (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.