Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ark-La-Tex

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The result was speedy keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010 • (talk) 12:19, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ark-La-Tex

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Unreferenced, Original Research, and a term that doesn't come up in google seraches. WP:NEO may apply. Prod taken down with the explanation of GHits. ...William 01:49, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy keep. A nomination evidently based on a mistake of fact. I can't explain the nomination's reports of not coming up with Google hits, since clicking the "find sources" links above yields 484,000 Google hits, 1,140 current GNews hits, 13,300 GBooks hits, and 571 hits on GScholar. There's nothing NEO about this term: the Shreveport-Texarkana region has been known as the Ark-La-Tex for many decades. A cursory look at of the links shows the pervasive use of the term. I added a couple of basic references for the name to get this started. --Arxiloxos (talk) 02:08, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep per Arxiloxos; common name for this tri-state area for sure. Nate • (chatter) 02:35, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Ark-La-Tex is and has been a very common name for this region; sources exist supporting this claim, as indicated above. Indeed, the NBC affiliate in the region, KTAL, brands itself as such, indicating it is not a neologism. --Kinu ^t/_c 02:37, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep as a widely used name for the region, as illustrated by Ark-La-Tex Oilfield Expo, Ark-La-Tex Wireline Services, Ark-La-Tex Shredding, Ark-La-Tex Color Lab, Ark-La-Tex Challenge, and so on. - Dravecky (talk) 04:58, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Google and Google Books both brought up many reliable sources for the article. The claim that a Google search brings up no sources is simply untrue. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:59, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Snow keep* since everyone who looks will find it. https://www.google.com/search?q=arklatex (cf. Texarkana) Darryl from Mars (talk) 05:00, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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