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The result of the debate was keep. —Korath (Talk) 04:11, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)

Possibly speediable as being very short with no context. If not, a dicdef. Delete --BM 00:07, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Redirect to plowing or whatever title it's at. Note this there. Farmers, correct me if there's somewhere else this should go. Meelar (talk) 00:25, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
• I've checked Category:Agriculture but couldn't readily find a page it could be merged into. I suggest putting a an agro-stub template on it and see if it attracts improvement within the coming week, if not: Merge like Meelar said --Hooloovoo 00:29, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Expand or Merge to plowing. Gazpacho 01:03, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and Expand: Contour plowing (or more correctly Contour farming) is one of many soil conservation practices (windbreaks, terracing, cover crops, etc.) recommended by the Natural Resources Conservation Service for agriculture. I suppose they could all be combined into Soil conservation practices but it would be quite a long article. See [1] for a list--although many are also water conservation practices. DialUp 03:16, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Strong keep and allow for organic expansion. Very important topic in its own right.--Gene_poole 04:19, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Important term in soil conservation. RickK 04:41, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and allow for organic or conventional growth. Klonimus 08:23, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Merge with agriculture, as it's most useful when in context. Radiant_* 08:52, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: I've created a soil conservation stub as a definition + examples. Kappa 10:49, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Important land management concept. Capitalistroadster 11:42, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and allow for growth or M & R to either soil conservation or tillage. Shimmin 14:42, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Important topic that needs time to develop.Gorrister 18:18, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Greatly Expand, or merge into the abovementioned soil conservation page. It is an important agricultural concept. -- Kaszeta 19:50, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment. I have expanded this page significantly and other people have been working on it before me. Encyclopædia Britannica has an article on this concept albeit it is referred to as contour farming. Capitalistroadster 03:54, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Important concept. Do not merge. Dsmdgold 11:46, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Very important agricultural concept. Helps stop dust bowls. Icundell 00:19, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Excellent expansion. -- 8^D ^gab 03:24, 2005 Apr 12 (UTC)
• Keep. It's been expanded and doesn't need to be merged. Loopy 04:27, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Strong keep. A true example of "organic growth." The original (and rather sparse) entry was: Planting crops around the sides of hills. That's all. - Lucky 6.9 18:23, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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