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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:06, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jerry Bowman Classic[edit]

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This article is about a local golf tournament in Auckland, in which a few local golfers with very high handicaps or little experience are invited to play, as some kind of a tribute to the conservative "Rogernomics" policies of the 1980s-era New Zealand government. I can find no online sources of any kind. This article was prodded and then deprodded, and two off-line sources have now been offered, but they do not appear to be of the sort that could show notability: (1) an article in a local free ~~semi-weekly~~ 3x per week paper, the ~~North Shore Times~~North Shore Times, and (2) a report in the local golf club's quarterly. The article reads like satire, but assuming that it and the proferred sources are on the level, this still seems to fail WP:GNG by a mile. Arxiloxos (talk) 01:10, 5 September 2013 (UTC) North Shore Times link and frequency corrected --23:15, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: As editor who prodded the article - non-notable, local golf tournament. Tewapack (talk) 02:54, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:13, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:13, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Golf-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:13, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Not notable sporting event....William 14:40, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - How has this joke article managed to survive for 2 years? - SimonLyall (talk) 20:09, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Tournament has had some coverage in local sports newspapers and is unique in the area for being an amateur competition that does not require club affiliations or membership to be part of. Is notable enough in that generally golfers in the Auckland region know of it and it has an unbroken history of being held each year in the Jan/Feb months. Golfers will sometimes ask their club offices if they know when the next "Bowman" is being held and how to put their name forward for a invitation. Also the North Shore Times is a daily newspaper - your link seems to go to an Australian paper. 202.55.97.42 (talk) 20:51, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The link for North Shore Times was incorrect as you say, and I've corrected it. According to the publisher's website, it's a free community paper published three times per week.[1] While I would not automatically discount coverage in such local press, isolated coverage about a small local tournament in such local media doesn't pass WP:GNG. --Arxiloxos (talk) 23:15, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Being mentioned in the North Shore Times should be used as a confirmation of existence only, in no way should this be used as a determining factor in establishing notability. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 04:36, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Absolutely not notable. Adabow (talk) 05:54, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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