Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Van mat

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. Sarahj2107 (talk) 10:56, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Van mat

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Not remotely a notable variation of car mat, and pretty much everything is a duplication of that article. An attempt at redirecting this last year was promptly reverted by the article's creator. Article is also completely unsourced, and, as such, is not a valid candidate for a merger. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 13:18, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:02, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Van mats are notable as they are mass produced and used by the millions over a century. The question is is it a different distinct topic from "car mat"? Perhaps both articles can be merged into vehicle mat? --Oakshade (talk) 04:13, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The latter is probably a good idea. Van mats are notable, obviously, but I seriously doubt they're a notable variation of your regular vehicle mat. They are, after all, essentially exactly the same thing. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 11:06, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (yak) @ 14:09, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I would say merge with Car mat but with the above taken into account, merge the two into a new article called Vehicle mat. aycliffe^talk 10:19, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sources would definitely have to be added for this article to be merged though, because right now, it is pure OR. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 14:33, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Also the images are pointless as they're listed at car mat and in the same order!.... Anyway see no point in Merging as there's nothing amazing about a van mat and anyone with sense would know that a van mat is more or less the same as a car mat..... –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 05:06, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ^BE _CK ^Y _SA ^{Y L}E _S 06:21, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Needless duplicate of car mat that adds nothing. Nothing here worth merging. If anyone wants to boldly move car mat to automobile mat/vehicle mat/what-have-you and redirect this there, feel free to do so. --Kinu ^t/_c 00:27, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Reworded, but essentially a duplicate article. (If only the user had made Van art, I could have gotten behind it while listening to Barracuda.) Pax 20:44, 6 January 2015 (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.