Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Biodegradable athletic footwear

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The result was keep. Missvain (talk) 02:47, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Appears to be WP:OR, the refs discuss biodegradable polymers in a general sense but aren't directly related to the topic. The breakdown of EVA is show as taking place at 350-450°C, hardly biological temperatures. The 'Biodegradable materials' section doesn't give any evidence that the materials mentioned are actually used in shoe-making. It is well written but it is a synthesis. Project Osprey (talk) 15:12, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Products-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 20:13, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 20:13, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Rename Biodegradable footwear or, more broadly, Eco-friendly footwear. Both are featured in reliable sources, but two articles may be one too many at this point:

• Eco-friendly[1][2]
• Biodegradable[3][4][5][6]

Afd is not for cleanup. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:42, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Agree with nom that there seems to be a lot of synthesis in the article, but the topic does seem notable, as mentioned by Clarityfiend. Supporting keeping with rename to Biodegradable footwear. "Eco-friendly footwear" would be very broad.VR _talk 21:59, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Tentative keep, but rework into the more general option as suggested. -gtrmp (talk) 22:14, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep This appears to be a very good encyclopedia article. The section labeled as synthesis appears relevant to explain some of the points made earlier in the article. I have no real issue with a Rename, even though the article does seem to be specific to athletic footwear - as long as we keep the very useful information contained here.--Concertmusic (talk) 15:35, 11 December 2020 (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.