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The proposed-deletion tag claims the accompanying article is "a misplaced dictionary entry".
I agree that it does begin with a dictdef. But i doubt that it was i who originated
the notion that "A good article generally starts with a dictdef in the lead sent", and even if that is not a paraphrase of something i read, the fourth bullet point in
the relevant MoS discussion
surely supports it as an approximation, and counsels care in throwing about the phrase "misplaced dictionary entry".
This article's prose is certainly more than a dictdef, as the 'graph
clearly is appropriate for the explication of the practice's significance (a plausibly encyclopedic topic) and not appropriate to a dictdef. (It's not obvious whether i knew that when i created the WP article 6½ years ago, but if not, i did a year later when i created the
Wiktionary article and based the entry for the body sense (1.) on only the lead 'graph of the
Police usage section.)
I think starting with a more justified discussion (which i lack the personal interest to join) of whether
might well result in concludeing that
IMO it would also dissipate the confusion between the existing article and a dictionary entry.
In any case,
AfD can settle the matter better than the nom and i, so i remove the ProD tag, and leave the matter to colleagues, as long as this section is appropriately ref'd in any ensuing discussion.
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Jerzy•
t 10:15 & 01:16, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
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The proposed-deletion tag claims the accompanying article is "a misplaced dictionary entry".
I agree that it does begin with a dictdef. But i doubt that it was i who originated
the notion that "A good article generally starts with a dictdef in the lead sent", and even if that is not a paraphrase of something i read, the fourth bullet point in
the relevant MoS discussion
surely supports it as an approximation, and counsels care in throwing about the phrase "misplaced dictionary entry".
This article's prose is certainly more than a dictdef, as the 'graph
clearly is appropriate for the explication of the practice's significance (a plausibly encyclopedic topic) and not appropriate to a dictdef. (It's not obvious whether i knew that when i created the WP article 6½ years ago, but if not, i did a year later when i created the
Wiktionary article and based the entry for the body sense (1.) on only the lead 'graph of the
Police usage section.)
I think starting with a more justified discussion (which i lack the personal interest to join) of whether
might well result in concludeing that
IMO it would also dissipate the confusion between the existing article and a dictionary entry.
In any case,
AfD can settle the matter better than the nom and i, so i remove the ProD tag, and leave the matter to colleagues, as long as this section is appropriately ref'd in any ensuing discussion.
--
Jerzy•
t 10:15 & 01:16, 15 December 2011 (UTC)