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The result of the debate was '''NO CONSENSUS'''. At least a few of the deleters say "unless", and Uncle G's research seems to have convinced a couple of them sufficiently to change their opinion. Some still remain as deletes, although some usages etc have been added to the article. The rewrite, the changed opinions and the fact that, on the numbers, we're below the popular two-thirds level (giving the author a presumed 'keep', seeing as they have worked on the article in light of the AfD), leads me to a no consensus. I could count the merges with the deletes and declare a merge, but the merge doesn't have enough support itself for me to prepared to do that as part of this closure: it can be done by someone else if they like, though. The original author should be warned in the strongest possible terms against making experimental articles, and against using that as an excuse in AfD. -[[User:Splash|Splash]]<small><sup>[[User talk:Splash|talk]]</sup></small> 21:25, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
===[[El Toro Handrail]]===
This is an article about a handrail. Like, a specific handrail that exists somewhere. Somebody skated on it or something. I'm a pretty reasonable dude, but '''I will throw a tantrum if this isn't gone ''reeeeeeal'' soon'''. [[User:PaulHanson|Paul]] 02:17, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
*<s>'''Delete''', Non-notable.</s> --[[User:
**Per research by [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] and [[User:DragonflySixtyseven|DS]] below, I suppose it can't hurt to '''smerge''' a line or two on this with the appropriate skateboarding article. <sup><small>(Not a typo, "smerge" is a word invented by [[User:R. fiend|R. fiend]] to describe a shrink & merge.)</small></sup> But ''do not'' keep as an individual article... it's a handrail. --[[User:
*'''Speedy delete''', unencyclopedic. -[[User:Changlc|Loren]] 02:24, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' unless someone can make a ''really'' good argument for notability. [[User:Nateji77|Nateji77]] 02:53, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
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*'''Comment''', maybe it can be merged into a skating article, but the list of tricks people performed there needs to go. Still, I agree, calling a handrail notable is going to cause a lot of problem. Is it actually the longest or just one of the longest as the article states? - [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm]]|[[User talk:MacGyverMagic|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 11:17, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
*<s>'''Keep''' verifiable and interesting.</s> '''Delete'''- down this road lies madness. --[[User:Scimitar|Scimitar]] [[User talk:Scimitar|<sup>parley</sup>]] 14:24, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
*This is a tricky one.<p>Certainly the handrail exists, and certainly it is of some note within the skateboarding community, going by the number of message board posts talking about it that come up in various Google Web searches. (Given that there are various other things called "El Toro", and given that skateboarders tend to communicate in their own argot rather than in English, as exemplified somewhat in this very article, this is quite difficult to search for.) The difficulty is exactly how noteworthy it is in the world of skateboarding.</p><p>The message board posts, from as far afield as skateboarding web sites in New Zealand, refer to the rail as "famous". Moreover, research turned up several interviews with skateboarders by their fans, where the fans breathlessly posed questions such as "Are you going to do El Toro?", "Have you ever done El Toro?" and the like ([http://www.emericaskate.com/more/leoblab/ example] [http://www.emericaskate.com/more/andrewblab/ example]) implying that this isn't just any old site for skateboarding.</p><p>The list of people who have performed tricks there appears, from research, ''not'' to be merely a random list of skateboarders. It is a list of people who have performed tricks on the rail in published skateboarding videos. Searching turns up numerous mentions of a series of "411" videos, but the details are not yet clear without further research. It's unfortunately somewhat tricky to source. (The best source that Google Web turns up is a web site that is currently unreachable from here because of a stupid IP routing table error at 67.19.255.62.)</p><p>Currently, therefore, I'm at '''Weak Keep'''. [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] 15:34:55, 2005-09-09 (UTC)</p>
**The New Zealand skateboarding web site changed its web server software after Google's spider indexed it, breaking the hyperlinks that Google Web gives. I've now found out how the web site has changed its URLs. For some discussions that mention El Toro without explanation, implying that members of the community are well aware what it is, see [http://www.nzskateboarding.com/miva_forum/view_topic.mv?tid=27235&fid=frm_02 here] and [http://www.nzskateboarding.com/miva_forum/view_topic.mv?fid=frm_02&tid=19342 here]. [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] 17:16, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
*<s>Despite my '''delete''' vote, I do have to say that this article is extremely well-done, and...</s> Holy fucking shit. There's over twelve hundred non-wiki Google hits just for "el toro" + handrail. Once you add in variants like "Eltoro", it goes up by another hundred. God help me, I'm verging on '''weak keep'''. [[User:DragonflySixtyseven|DS]] 15:45, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
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*'''Delete'''. It's a ''handrail''. I'm sorry to paint all handrails with one brush, but it's a ''handrail''. It could be a handrail that Hitler impaled himself on to commit suicide and was then given to Joseph Stalin where he had it used as a gavel during trials to have political opponents exiled, and I would be uncertain on its encyclopaedic value. This is a handrail that skateboarders involve with tricks, so I am not uncertain. [[User:Lord Bob|Lord Bob]] 17:54, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
*'''Delete''': I appreciate UncleG's research, but that would, I think, merely rate this particular handrail as a mention in a skateboarding tricks article or in a jaw cracking or organ donation article. The object itself is an object, and it seems that the actions performed with/on/near/under the object are the things that are of any significance, and those only within a highly specialized group. [[User:Geogre|Geogre]] 18:06, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
*<s>'''Delete''' per nom... just take a deep breath [[User:PaulHanson|Paul]].</s> '''Merge''' into [[skateboarding]] article. Per [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] this handrail obviously has some significance and notability in the skateboarding community, but I'm still not convinced it deserves it's own article--[[User:Isotope23|Isotope23]] 19:12, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' per Geoogre. '''Merge''' into another skateboarding article would also be appropriate. [[User:Johntex|Johntex]]\<sup>[[User_talk:Johntex|talk]]</sup> 21:12, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' lest [[User:PaulHanson|Paul] has a tantrum. Oh, and its a handrail. That is a really really good readon to delete it. [[User:Sabine's Sunbird|Sabine's Sunbird]] 01:08, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
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** And the [[Blarney Stone]] is a stone. The physical construction of an object is not necessarily all. [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] 17:16, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' If, as Uncle G's research indicates, people within the skateboarding world, from other continents are aware of this handrail, then it is notable. Normally mundane objects can aquire notability if a sizeable group of people attach importance to it. [[User:Dsmdgold|Dsmdgold]] 14:29, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' per Geogre. Also no evidence that this article will ever be written in anything resembling the English language. [[User:Quale|Quale]] 06:49, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
**Since you wrote that, the original skateboarder argot ''has'', in fact, been mostly converted into English. [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] 00:04, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
*"Gareth Stehr stuck backside 180 a number of times without riding away. Irvine local Justin Figueroa is rumored to have back smithed it." Is this even English? It is a piece of metal attached to the floor. This is not encyclopaedic. Stick a line about it existing in one of the various badly-written skateboarding articles. '''Strong delete'''. [[User:Proto|Proto]]<small> [[User_talk:Proto|t]] [[Special:Contributions/Proto|c]]</small> 11:51, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
**The original author has replaced those two sentences with text written in English since you wrote that. [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] 00:04, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' per Uncle G, and thanks for the research. [[User:Kappa|Kappa]] 17:43, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
*Okay, I initially made this page to test out the wikipedia process. I knew how poorly written it was, what with the part about not knowing someone's name and quoting a friend of mine, also incorporating my opinion into the article earlier. However, I assure you it is an important landmark for skateboarding, comparable to Wrigley Field or other sports landmarks. Just because you may not care about a particular subject does not make it worthless. Isn't wikipedia devoted to providing information about obscure topics? My article on Hubba Hideout will be much better written, so look forward to deleting that. In summation, wikipedia is great. [[User:Nichols|Nichols]] 18:19, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
**I want to say how sorry I am that wikipedia isn't prepared to cover obviously notable features like this. It's heartbreaking really. [[User:Kappa|Kappa]] 13:03, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
*Does this article conform yet, or is it inherently non-conforming? Many of the complaints have been fixed.[[User:Nichols|Nichols]] 18:16, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
**Seriously, it's been substantially cleaned up. The list of feats performed on it has been properly wikified and the performers' full names have been supplied, along with the fact that legal trouble ensused. The fact that its name has become a generic for in skateboarding should be indicative of notability. [[User:DragonflySixtyseven|DS]] 21:04, 18 September 2005 (UTC) (note to admin - do NOT count this as a second vote!)
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