Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Export Cola

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The result was merge‎ to List of Cadbury brands and also Cola. Daniel (talk) 22:54, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Export Cola

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Delete Fails WP:GNG, no sources to demonstrate otherwise. Tooncool64 (talk) 05:59, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Food and drink and Products. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 07:14, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 07:15, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Cadbury Swan505 (talk) 03:49, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Cadbury doesn't mention Export Cola so not a great target. ~Kvng (talk) 16:43, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete a soft drink that was removed from the market 24 years ago is of little value now. No references is a major drawback. Teraplane (talk) 02:59, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Rewrite and selectively merge to Cola which already includes a list of brands, or to List of Cadbury brands, which are the best targets I can find. There is some coverage: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]. There are results for "export cola" in Australian newspapers in Newspapers.com and in Newspaperarchive.com. These are behind a paywall. The TV advert seems to have been popular, and the brand is said to have cost Cadbury Schweppes a great deal of money. Looking at the periodical articles (which discuss other brands, drinks and companies, and the market generally), the best solution might be an WP article on something like the history of soft drinks in Australia, but someone would have to write that article first. James500 (talk) 10:36, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@James500, due to paywalls, I can't review all of them but it seems like what you've found could make a reasonable case for WP:GNG. In appreciation of WP:RECENTISM, an article on a pre-Internet subject such as this should be given some leeway. ~Kvng (talk) 17:08, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting, I'd like to hear more opinions about recently discovered media coverage and Merge suggestion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:37, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to both Cola and List of Cadbury brands per James500. The information should be in both places (possibly transcluded). Aaron Liu (talk) 13:03, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge: To List of Cadbury brands and cola per above. No indication of meeting WP:GNG. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 17:58, 8 January 2024 (UTC) _{Edited at 18:13, 8 January 2024 (UTC) per below.}[reply]
@ARandomName123 Why not merge it into Cola at the same time? Aaron Liu (talk) 18:02, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine as well. Missed that option when I was skimming this AfD. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 18:11, 8 January 2024 (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.