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The result was Keep --Polaron | Talk 02:31, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gold Coast (Connecticut)[edit]

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this article is about a non-notable subject (the 'nickname' of an unclassified sub-region in Connecticut) that has no encyclopedic value. --Point Place 1970 (talk) 22:07, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:03, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Keep seems a reasonable encyclopedic article for that section of Connecticut. "OTHERSTUFFEXISTS" isn't probably something I should use but, there are a number of other Gold Coasts listed and the nom doesn't seem to have nominated any of those in the same way although, they seem to have essentially the same level or less notability as the Connecticut one. Additionally, in case it matters the AfD nom is the nominator's first and only contribution. Jasynnash2 (talk) 13:18, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep At worst this is a widely used marketing term. There's certainly a reasonable chance than users will try to search by it. Multiple sources in various independent tourism and marketing publications suggests that this is sufficiently notable for a Wikipedia article. Debate (talk) 13:25, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep References establish that it's a real region of the state and demonstrate its notability; being unofficial (is that what is meant by "unclassified"?) isn't a problem. Nyttend (talk) 16:48, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep there are some false positives but a number of reliable sources document this region. Please also note that nom appears to be an SPA _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 18:00, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Connecticut-related deletion discussions. —_{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 18:03, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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