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. Nominator has withdrawn per improvements. Although I didn't explicitly say so earlier, I am also retracting my "delete", meaning there is no longer any reason to keep this open. (non-admin closure) Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:24, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Flag waver (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Nominating on behalf of an IP with the following rationale

A strange page that seems to be something of a cross between a DAB page and an article. In recent years this has been trimmed down to make it function more like a disambiguation page, but all of the entries are invalid because they fail WP:DABMENTION - only one of the linked pages mention Flag wavers and that's in an external link. Going back through the page history it becomes clear that this page used to have more article like content [1], but this is just a WP:DICDEF, a page that lists off a couple of definitions of the phrase. This page doesn't work as a DAB page and doesn't work as an article, so I think it should be deleted.) Qwaiiplayer (talk) 17:49, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 17:49, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom. Highly unlikely search term, even with the new entries it still would not be sufficient. Cranloa12n / talk / contribs / 16:45, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Previously nominated via WP:PROD, ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:04, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, invalid dab page. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 00:46, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete WP:DICDEF disguised as a DAB page.—Mythdon (talk • contribs) 02:11, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Moving to Keep Article is still sort of a WP:DICDEF, but the edits since this AFD has started has made the article encyclopedic enough to where it's at least no longer just a WP:DICDEF and more of a disambiguation. Article can still probably be much improved, but I guess WP:BEFORE applies per the edits made during the AFD.—Mythdon (talk • contribs) 00:35, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Week keep. I've replaced all the (bad) existing entries and scraped together three four legit ones (plus a wiktionary link). Clarityfiend (talk) 03:39, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Do Clarityfiend's edits change your mind, @Qwaiiplayer, Cranloa12n, TenPoundHammer, and Mythdon:?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Joe (talk) 00:16, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Joe Roe No, they do not. I reaffirm my Delete. Given other editors have recently changed their votes, I no long reaffirm my Delete, and support a Keep status. Cranloa12n / talk / contribs / 00:19, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• (IP who wrote the nom statment) I would support keeping the dab page in its current form, it has been much improved since I nominated it and now contains multiple entries that actually meet the criteria for inclusion on a DAB page. 192.76.8.74 (talk) 01:20, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Per above rationalle and page improvements I withdraw the nomination. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 04:02, 12 May 2022 (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.