Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canopy express

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) ~ Amkgp 💬 16:54, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Canopy express

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This is an odd little article. As far as I can discern from the tiny number of Google hits for "canopy express", this was a term briefly and occasionally used pre World War II, which is being applied to modern vehicles in the article through pure WP:OR. I can't verify more than that because there are under 100 GHits, including unrelated results, most of which consist of sales listings or (as per this article's sourcing) personal web pages. It seems to be a thing, but only in as much as it's an idiosyncratic term for something that probably has another name. Guy (help! - typo?) 07:45, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As per the nomination, these trucks appear in sales listings. However, using DuckDuckGo, I found this, this and this which would seem to say that Canopy Express is a thing, and still current. --Whiteguru (talk) 10:58, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Whiteguru. Anybody who knows automobile and truck history knows these types of vehicles existed, and those who don't should know. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 12:00, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- NOTE - Two of the trucks in the gallery are not canopy express type trucks. They're simply pickup trucks with caps on the bed. The Toyota shown is actually just a pickup converted into a makeshift peddler's wagon. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 12:04, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  DanTD, my point exactly. Guy (help! - typo?) 12:11, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - JzG, then the problem isn't these vehicles don't exist. It's that the ones selected for the gallery aren't canopy express trucks. I just added two that are. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 12:16, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 10:32, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per a combination of all of the above including the nom. It truly was/is a unique and popular type of vehicle, generally used in the early 20th century. If it turns out there's a more popular or used name, then by all means rename the article. Oakshade (talk) 04:29, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:SNOW, and rename as needed. Bearian (talk) 17:05, 14 September 2020 (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.