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Keep. There is a whole WP Category of English-language idioms; this article could be expanded and developed as this is a notable phrase. There is plenty of good material to expand this article
here,
here.
Britishfinance (
talk)
20:35, 11 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete. While there exist sources confirming the existence of this phrase, by no means does this amount to significant coverage, and I don't see anything that would let us add content to this page beyond what a Wiktionary article would cover. Yes, there is a whole category for English idioms-- but those pages are full of things like the history of its usage, its use in notable media and pop culture, references in literature, political context, etc. (See
Mexican standoff,
Wolf in sheep's clothing, and
Crocodile tears for some good examples.) I don't think that there exists information (yet) that would let this article be expanded enough to be worth having (per
WP:WORDISSUBJECT)
Gilded Snail (
talk)
04:00, 12 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Weak Delete My
WP:BEFORE turned up nothing that supports this as a topic beyond the dictionary definition. If any coverage could be shown beyond that (i.e., history etc.) then I could see a rationale for keeping. It is odd that the similar concept of
Mansplaining is so much more easy to substantiate despite being only recently created - but this is an example of Wiki's recentism.
FOARP (
talk)
10:28, 12 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Researchgate doesn't necessarily indicate a reliable source-- for instance, the publication you linked
seems to be from the "Environmental Protection Bulletin - Institution of Chemical Engineers". Nor does the use of a phrase in a paper (without further discussion of it) automatically count as significant coverage of that phrase.
Gilded Snail (
talk)
15:14, 13 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep. Please don't delete this page. It includes useful information about early uses of a phrase I thought was invented by JRR Tolkien. I got to this page from a link on an interesting article about a sort of comparable Chinese expression, "Don't show your axe to Lu Ban." The context is helpful, as I did not understand either axiom. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
2605:6000:EC4A:6F00:F150:D5E0:22FF:4501 (
talk)
03:59, 14 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep notable phrase (from UK perspective), clearly needs some development and sourcing can be improved, but these are not reasons for deletion.Polyamorph (
talk)
20:18, 19 February 2019 (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
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.
Keep. There is a whole WP Category of English-language idioms; this article could be expanded and developed as this is a notable phrase. There is plenty of good material to expand this article
here,
here.
Britishfinance (
talk)
20:35, 11 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Delete. While there exist sources confirming the existence of this phrase, by no means does this amount to significant coverage, and I don't see anything that would let us add content to this page beyond what a Wiktionary article would cover. Yes, there is a whole category for English idioms-- but those pages are full of things like the history of its usage, its use in notable media and pop culture, references in literature, political context, etc. (See
Mexican standoff,
Wolf in sheep's clothing, and
Crocodile tears for some good examples.) I don't think that there exists information (yet) that would let this article be expanded enough to be worth having (per
WP:WORDISSUBJECT)
Gilded Snail (
talk)
04:00, 12 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Weak Delete My
WP:BEFORE turned up nothing that supports this as a topic beyond the dictionary definition. If any coverage could be shown beyond that (i.e., history etc.) then I could see a rationale for keeping. It is odd that the similar concept of
Mansplaining is so much more easy to substantiate despite being only recently created - but this is an example of Wiki's recentism.
FOARP (
talk)
10:28, 12 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Researchgate doesn't necessarily indicate a reliable source-- for instance, the publication you linked
seems to be from the "Environmental Protection Bulletin - Institution of Chemical Engineers". Nor does the use of a phrase in a paper (without further discussion of it) automatically count as significant coverage of that phrase.
Gilded Snail (
talk)
15:14, 13 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep. Please don't delete this page. It includes useful information about early uses of a phrase I thought was invented by JRR Tolkien. I got to this page from a link on an interesting article about a sort of comparable Chinese expression, "Don't show your axe to Lu Ban." The context is helpful, as I did not understand either axiom. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
2605:6000:EC4A:6F00:F150:D5E0:22FF:4501 (
talk)
03:59, 14 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep notable phrase (from UK perspective), clearly needs some development and sourcing can be improved, but these are not reasons for deletion.Polyamorph (
talk)
20:18, 19 February 2019 (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
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