Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/East Coast Swing

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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:25, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] East Coast Swing

Needlessly technical and non-notable article. Kerowyn ^{Leave a note} 05:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, and expand/make it more accessible if needed. The subject is notable. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-08-25 08:52Z
• Delete - WP is not a "how to dance" guide. Apart from two mentions of its connection to Lindy hop, it is a list of dance steps which are seemingly original research. A mention in the Lindy hop article may be appropriate if cited. Yomangani^talk 12:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Yomangani ST47 12:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep - East Coast Swing was probably the most popular style of swing dance during the swing dance fad of the late 1990s, and it remains a staple in most U.S. dance studios. I would venture as far as to say that the large majority of people who learned swing dancing in the past couple of decades probably started out with East Coast Swing. That seems pretty notable to me. The article as it is written is very poor, but that's reason to improve it, not to delete it. --Cswrye 14:01, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - the article currently sucks, but the topic, East Coast Swing, is still a cornerstone of swing dancing around the world. The only reason to delete it would be to re-incarnate the article with a fresh start. Everyone who take swing or ballroom dance classes learns ECS, there should be a Wikipedia article on it (though, a better one than there is now).--Will.i.am 00:23, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. The topic is valid and notable. --Elonka 21:31, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Why is this even under discussion? If it's a poor article then fix it, but deleting it would be seriously moronic given its popularity. Ninti 07:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep - As Cswrye already pointed out, nearly everyone who has learned any amount of swing in the past ten years started out by learning East Coast. This article is very notable to the social dance scene, it's sad to see this even under discussion. Utopianheaven 19:22, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

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.