Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Recon Ron Pull-up Program

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 delete. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:38, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Recon Ron Pull-up Program

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Non-encyclopedic "how-to" program, essentially just a personal exercise routine. No evidence of notability even within the Marine Corps, much less in general. No substantial edits in years, and unlikely to be able to be made into a decent article. bahamut0013^words _deeds 04:51, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article helped me go from barely being able to do 10 pull ups to being able to pump 30 at a moment's notice. What article about a videogame or a television show has the potential to positively affect someone's life more than this one? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.6.111.144 (talk) 18:56, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a how-to guide. There are other websites for things like that, and while the article was tagged for a transwiki to Wikibooks for almost two years, so it seems that they don't want it. You could try WikiHow. Your comparison to the utility of other articles is also not a strong argument; a deletion discussion is supposed to evaluate an article based on its own merits, rather than how it compares to others. bahamut0013^words _deeds 09:56, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 13:14, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, subject of article has not had its notability verified. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 09:36, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You raise some trenchant points and I now understand your problems with the article's presence on wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.6.111.144 (talk) 20:32, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom Nick-D (talk) 07:12, 22 October 2009 (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.

There is so much garbage on Wikipedia I'm shocked someone would take the time to delete valuable content. ReconRon is a notable pull-up routine, which could be catalogued next to Armstrong, Hepburn style progression, and others. And if you can't do 20 pull-ups you have no business deleting a 20 pull-up program anyway.