Deletion of Upstate New York

Comment: per  and  and many of the other keep arguments, including the speedy ones. It's clearly notable and no one has suggested it isn't. The delete arguments are essentially that the article is a mess, it's duplicative, and the region is not clearly defined. Yes, it needs work, but needing cleanup and work does not equal needing deletion. Upstate and downstate are used politically, culturally, and geographically, as in Upstate Medical University and Downstate Medical Center. (Disclosure: I'm a Downstater
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Deletion policy (WP:ATD||WP:BEFORE)

Comment: per .  This is one of the few articles that actually deserves to be rescued by |ARS
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Snowball clause (WP:SNOW||WP:ARS)

Comment: AfD is |not cleanup. The term and region is extremely common. There's no argument here at all; if you have a problem with an article, |fix it and discuss on the talk page
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT||WP:SOFIXIT)

Comment: I reverted my  keep close due to a post close comment by Mandsford. While he wasn't arguing for deletion, it did show that this discussion is not quite over
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Snowball clause (WP:SNOW)