Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wiki Wiki Shuttle

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. Courcelles (talk) 11:02, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Wiki Shuttle

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I do not feel this article meets the general notability guideline. Swarm^Talk 19:28, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hawaii-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:36, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:36, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep - Need notability? "The shuttle's name inspired Ward Cunningham to call his new website technology "WikiWikiWeb", from which the concept of wiki software, including Wikipedia, derives." This is ENORMOUSLY documented. Let it snow... Carrite (talk) 19:45, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Exactly the argument I was expecting. I already understood that, and the Wiki article mentions that. However, I couldn't find significant coverage that would lead me to believe that this shuttle service meets the general notability guideline. Do reliable sources address this shuttle directly in detail? I couldn't confirm that. The fact that the name of this company inspired Cunningham is, by itself, a triviality. Swarm^Talk 21:05, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep for the impact of the name on the "wiki" culture and the internet LHOON (talk) 07:05, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Carrite and LHOON. The wiki's history made this bus service not merely notable, but actually thoroughly noted in media. For example, several books about Wikipedia have been published, and while I haven't read them all, I'm sure they all mention the WikiWiki bus service. Plus, the article is a reasonable and informative text, sourced and encyclopedic in nature. I think deletion's entirely inappropriate. --Waldir ^talk 07:50, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- "Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention". Even if they mention the bus service, that doesn't make it notable. Swarm^Talk 22:21, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep. article has been around forever.Tlatseg (talk) 06:19, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's not a reason to keep this article anymore then just being created would be a reason to delete. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:13, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I'm not going to bold the word "keep" here because the nominator has a point. Simply being what inspired the name of the first wiki doesn't cut it as far as WP:N is concerned. However, if there ever was a situation where we could IAR and keep an article then this would be it. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:19, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Clearly notable. I added a few more references. The references at the article do not just "mention" the bus service, they are ABOUT the service. That's not even counting the ten pages of hits at Google Books [1]. This shuttle service is a part of our history, folks. Show a little respect. --MelanieN (talk) 02:58, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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