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The result was Result was keep. Non-admin closure. Nominator withdrew and this article meets or exceeds WP:GNG with significant independent reliable sources. Many dams, such as the Franklin and Rampart, as well as those in Category:Cancelled dams, are notable. The Chowilla Dam was a large dam with a controversy on the regional/national level. As such, its story and impact should be included in this encyclopedia.--NortyNort (Holla) 22:06, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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About a dam that was never built. ThisGuyIsGreat (talk) 00:51, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 01:12, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Major, major political controversy of its time. It determined the rise and fall of Steele Hall as Premier of South Australia and began the second stint of Don Dunstan. There are a huge amount of sources on it and it's a topic capable of being got to featured status. The Drover's Wife (talk) 01:43, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rampart Dam is an example of a Featured Article about an American dam that was not built at about the same time as Chowilla. --Scott Davis ^Talk 02:29, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, no valid reason stated for deletion. NawlinWiki (talk) 02:02, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep (as article creator) I was surprised to not find an article about this already, so set about creating a short article to expand on, and chose to start from the geographic and infrastructure aspects, not the political ones, as that is what I am more familiar with editing. The use, distribution and access to Murray River basin water has been (and continues to be) a contentious issue between the Commonwealth, four states and the ACT governments. Chowilla was a significant episode in that saga. Chowilla Dam is quite possibly more notable because it was not built than it would be if it had been. --Scott Davis ^Talk 02:24, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep there is a precedent in Franklin Dam, also a dam that was never built. Also, I have a stash of material about this particular subject which I was going to use to write a similar article but can use here on this article Cowdy001 (talk) 05:35, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:16, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep I created this report, under looking at it closely, I believe this should be kept. ThisGuyIsGreat (talk) 21:20, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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