Deletion of Kwasind

Comment: I had never heard of otability (vehicles), and that disturbed me, until I took a seocnd look, and saw it was an essay, not a policy or guideline.  I left a comment at otability (vehicles)#Is the advice in this essay of any relevance to ships?  I suggested the essay should be amended to explicitly discludes ships from its scope, for reasons I explained there.  It always disturbs me when I see an essay being cited as if it had the authority of policy in an {{tl|xfd}}.  For what it is worth, this essay seems to have been almost forgotten, averaging about one view per day.  There is a big spike today, probably all due to my reviews of it.  There was a big spike one day several months ago.  I am going to guess that is the last time it was cited in an {{tl|xfd}}.  It might be worth consideration, to prevent confusion, by demoting this essay from the wikipedia name space, down to user space, and so reflect how little support it seems to have
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:N)

Comment: A 100 year old vessel still in operation was one of the reasons I started this article.  It is not only still in operation, but it is still being used for its original purpose, by its original owners.  How many oher vessels of its age remain in operation in North America? I can only think of the Edward M. Cotter (fireboat).  I doubt there are more than a couple of dozen.  Unless they were truly forgotten vessels, that had never been covered in any , it would surprise me if they didn't all merit individual articles
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)

Comment: N(Vehicles) is a ''de facto'' demoted essay; the article (barely) meets ; and the nominator's implied claim that articles on individual ships are not needed is Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/AFD|contraindicated by broad consensus
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: Withdrawing nomination Although this still fails  but only because everyone else feels Kwasind|this boat is a Ship and lack of  and  (no clear notability guidelines so far
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:NSHIPS||WP:NBOATS)