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. As an aside, I see that User:24.191.63.180 removed the AfD template from the article on March 11; however, given that the consensus here appears pretty clear-cut I have no hesitation in closing. If an admin feels otherwise, please feel free to relist. Agent 86 23:57, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Miss Dominican Republic (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Advert for the 2007 Miss Dominican Republic pageant. OK, not strictly an advert, perhaps a press release would be more accurate. Combines the blindingly obvious (Miss Dominican Republic is the pageant which selectes - you guessed it - Miss Dominican Republic) and a directory of contestants, all without the benefit of a single secondary source. Guy (Help!) 12:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep but expand. I see no reason why this pageant should be singled out for deletion but, to borrow one of the cross-references in the article, no one complains about Miss Spain. If the pageant is a hoax, then delete, otherwise this article has as much right to exist as Miss Canada. In fact, Miss Canada (even with sources) has far less information, it seems, and one could argue it's a more notable pageant. 23skidoo 14:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, and most importantly, add some sources to the article but the contest does not appear to be a hoax, and it look like the national qualifier to the Miss Universe contest. In fact Amelia Vega who won Miss Universe qualified by winning the Dominican contest. Sjakkalle (Check!) 15:00, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, if references can be provided, otherwise Delete Agree with the Miss Spain and Canada comparisons. But we need to have some sort of source for the info, otherwise delete. -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 15:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Have dug around a bit and found external references to the pageant, plus WP pages for some winners. Therefore, voting Keep, but suggest we make it more encyclopedic and less like an advert. -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 15:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Advert or blindingly obvioua, per JzG. As for Miss Canada, WP:INN (or WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS) applies. --Calton | Talk 15:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep add references and improve per 23skidoo. TheQuandry 18:10, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep needs cleaning up, but AfD is not the route to achieve that. Nuttah68 21:28, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Miss Dominican Republic is a notable beauty pageant. --Carioca 22:01, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Caribbean-related deletions. --   ⇒ bsnowball  10:29, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per 23skidoo. --Lmblackjack21 11:46, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Its very well written and as per 23skidoo...--Cometstyles 16:59, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.