Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thru-hiker

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 of the debate was no consensus; keep. Johnleemk | Talk 10:07, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thru-hiker

Dicdef. I propose a move to Wiktionary, then delete. Klaw Talk 20:54, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. There's a lot to say about thru-hikers and thru-hiking, and in the backpacking world this is a huge topic. The article doesn't start to address it, but an article on the subject is a great idea. Although thru-hiking is probably most closely associated with the Appalachian Trail, it's relevant to other long trails, so I think it deserves a standalone article. (I may try to work on it but will be out of town for a few days.) Bikeable 21:45, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Move and redirect to Thru-hiking and expand. Pburka 22:19, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Comment. As it stands, the article is nothing more than a dictionary definition and is also defined in Appalachian Trail#Hiking. This could possibly be expanded into an actual article but I would suggest to Bikeable (comment above) that the scope of the article be expanded to include such terms as "section-hikers," "north-bounders", "south-bounders," trail names adopted by the hikers, and other things involved in hiking the long trails. In that case, the article name and concept could be expanded to something like Hiking the North American crest trails or something similiar. Be sure to include Canada and Mexico if they have such trails. I could provide some photographs from a friend who has done extensive hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington and Oregon. •DanMS 22:22, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete or Merge into something that gives some context, and is less geo-limited, like Long-distance trail. 24.17.48.241 01:04, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• Comment. I (re)wrote the article, and while a lot more can be said, I think it is a decent start. I would support moving to Thru-hiking and redirecting the existing page per Pburka, but I'm not sure if that's appropriate during AfD, so I'll wait till this closes. Bikeable 01:08, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

• Comment I'm amenable to withdrawing the AfD if the above objections are all met. It's certainly beyond a dicdef. One question: Is Thru-hiking the right name for the topic, or is it "geo-limited?" | Klaw ¡digame! 01:34, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

• It's a good question, but I don't have any knowledge of this outside the US, nor am I able to find any equivalent terms in a quick scan through UK/Australia trail info. It may be that this is predominantly a US phenomenon. Bikeable 05:02, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

• If it's applicable to hiking throughout the U.S., I think that's broad enough for Wikipedia. I got the impression from an earlier comment that it might be a regional U.S. thing. Needless to say, I think any distance long enough to require the verb "hike" is best traversed in a car. | Klaw ¡digame! 05:15, 16 December 2005 (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.