Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spider (utensil)

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The result was withdrew. Carlosguitar ^{(ready and willing)} 10:26, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Spider (utensil)[edit]

~~Non-notable kitchen utensil.~~ Polly (Parrot) 20:46, 21 March 2008 (UTC) Withdraw nom. Polly (Parrot) 02:07, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete Reads like pretty blatant advertising to me. Given the fairuse rationale in the image, it seems like this page was previously speedied under another title. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 20:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep per Dhartung, does seem to be used in Asian cooking regularly; I guess I need a Wikibreak, I'm really acting strange today. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 21:14, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Question: Could the nominator please expand a little on what the conerns are? The references and external links would seem to indicate that spiders get talked about by people in the relevant field, which is pretty much the Wikipedia definition of notability. —Quasirandom (talk) 21:01, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can't speak for the nominator, but which sources do you think constitute substantial coverage? I see a cooking school listing which gives a very trivial mention, as well as an Amazon listing -- and those don't constitute substantial coverage. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 21:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I looked for some substantial coverage of this utensil, but couldn't find anything but passing mentions. This utensil is known by various names from Wok skimmer to the plain fine mesh skimmer, but as a specific type of skimmer it just doesn't seem notable enough. Maybe move it to Skimmer (utensil) and include any other specific types of culinary skimmers. Polly (Parrot) 01:42, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. While this reads like a catalog entry, the "spider" is a fairly common utensil in Asian cooking. There are Google Books sources that could be used. No opinion on the photo which seems to be replicated on a number of shopping sites. --Dhartung | Talk 21:11, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Needs a rewrite, but any decent book about cooking utensils should have info on this. I've got at least one at home I can cite later (by Alton Brown). -- Kesh (talk) 02:01, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It's notable. Colonel Warden (talk) 11:05, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep – Well known Asian utensil. Holds the same notability as Spoon – Fork and Knife. Shoessss | Chat 20:37, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw nomination evidence seems to be that this utensil is widely used, though comparing it to a spoon, fork or knife is probably a tad OTT. Polly (Parrot) 02:07, 23 March 2008 (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.