Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Selection box

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. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 13:40, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Selection box

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Very poor article, created by @Alpha Quadrant: in 2011 - no sources, poorly written, non-notable. Prakshit Rangasamudram (talk) 12:55, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Nomination seems to be based on the current state of the article, rather than on any view of the topic. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:06, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 13:26, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 13:26, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I added some references. The term is used more in the United Kingdom and Ireland than in North America, but many British or Irish editors will have given or received a selection box (perhaps a non-chocolate one) as a gift. Original research: Eating the contents of a selection box at one sitting is bad for you. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 13:29, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. An everyday item in the UK, as common as bananas. As Andy said, unsourced does not mean unsourceable. Editors are required to do a WP:BEFORE search before nominating which clearly wasn't done in this case. And "poorly written" does not mean "non-notable". That is an entirely fixable issue per WP:ATD; If editing can improve the page, this should be done rather than deleting the page. SpinningSpark 15:01, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The nominator is mistaken that the article was created by Alpha Quadrant, he only created a redirect to an unrelated topic. The article was actually created by User:Macc190801 and much of the poor writing is due to subsequent additions, some of which I have now removed. SpinningSpark 17:56, 24 May 2019 (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.