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The result was delete. MER-C 04:48, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Miss Grand International 2016[edit]

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See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miss Grand International (2nd nomination), and the sidebar at right listing all of the deletions associated with this contest. The contest itself is of borderline notability, and two deletion nominations for that were closed as "no consensus", not "keep". Several previous attempts at year articles for the contest have not survived an AFD: Articles for deletion/Miss Grand International 2013, Articles for deletion/Miss Grand International 2014.

Miss Grand International 2014 was speedy deleted six times, and protected from re-creation twice. There's nothing here to suggest that this year's event is any more notable than the last four AFDs from 2013 onward: the references are all press releases and astroturf, same as the last articles. The deleted articles also have a long and chequered history of sockpuppetry and WP:SPA account editing: see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Mrdhimas/Archive. This latest article should be speedy deleted and temporarily protected from recreation per WP:SNOWBALL. Tried the obvious speedy G4, but this was declined without comment. AFD it is then. Wikishovel (talk) 17:17, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Beauty pageants-related deletion discussions. Wikishovel (talk) 17:21, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nevada-related deletion discussions. Wikishovel (talk) 17:21, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not notable pageant. The previous annual articles of the pageant were deleted and this year is no exception.--Richie Campbell (talk) 22:55, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as WP:PROMO on an unremarkable event; PR exercise at best bordering on spam. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:13, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It's just yet another attempt to promote a minor (or at best "mid size") beauty pageant. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 13:03, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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