Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ripcurl

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The result was merge and redirect. Der Wohltempierte Fuchs ^(talk) 19:50, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Although "Rip Curl" is a well-known company of surfing clothes and accessoires, I cannot find the term "ripcurl" or "rip curl" (in the way as indicated in surf jargon in the article) anywhere, besides a dictionary entry in MSN Encarta. So it appears to be at best either a neologism or a dictionary word. Crowsnest (talk) 22:25, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - could just be covered in the Surfing, Surf culture, Surfboard or Wave articles. --Travis Thurston+ 00:22, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge (or delete if the information is redundant) No point in losing information, is there... Cheers. Imperat§ r^(Talk) 01:52, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge We shouldn't lose that unless we have to. DeMoN2009 09:27, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Before information can be merged, it first has to be established by reliable sources. Apart from the MSN Encarta dictionary entry (of which I do not know the reliability), I have not been able to find anything. Including such a single mention into other articles would give it undue weight, to my opinion. -- Crowsnest (talk) 09:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• In the "Encyclopedia of Surfing" by Matt Warshaw, on page 508 the writer directly quotes the cofounder of the company "Rip Curl", who states that "rip curl" does not mean anything. So while the company and brand name "Rip Curl" is notable, the term "rip curl" seems not. -- Crowsnest (talk) 09:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• I added a quote, on the origin of the name "Rip Curl" from the "Encyclopedia of Surfing", to the Rip Curl company article. -- Crowsnest (talk) 10:18, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Rip Curl as a plausible typo -- Whpq (talk) 12:27, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• As nominator of this AfD, I support the idea of a redirect. -- Crowsnest (talk) 15:34, 5 March 2009 (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.