Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling


 * 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.  

The result of the debate was Delete. Kusma (討論) 13:39, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
This is more of a joke than an article. It also is uncited. Haschel47 06:39, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete in its current incarnation. This joke has apparently been circulating universities since before the Internet was popular, yields thousands of Google hits, has been (apparently erroneously) been attributed to Twain, and might have some kind of significance that would be worthy of an article.  This is not that article.  --Hyperbole 06:48, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge with English Spelling Reform (maybe added to a "joke" section) and/or Internet Phenomenon. Tomb Ride My Talk 06:52, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete. Davodd 08:04, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Dileat speadee-lee if pos-e bull. Grutness...wha?  10:17, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, joke.--Ton e  10:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, old joke. J I P  | Talk 13:33, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep famous enough to be notable, and is clearly referred to as a parody. JimTS 14:39, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, parodies are not encyclopedic, do not merge. User:Zoe|(talk) 16:40, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete joke/hoax. Pegasus1138 Talk 17:19, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * BJAODN wonse an for al. Eivindt@c 18:48, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Bad english "the improvement of" = "improving"   Delete forthwith 82.38.97.206 19:02, 14 April 2006 (UTC)mikeL
 * Delete Per above Aeon 19:14, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete more like Wikiquote material (where it already appears) This is so incredibly old joke that we don't really need this in BJAODN etc, and wikiquote is the perfect site for all old jokes... --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 14:04, 15 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep and rewrite - if this is genuinely notable and/or refers to some real thing about which there could be an article, then I suggest stripping down this one into a stub and sticking expand at the top. There's no need to delete something just because it's a stub or because it's been badly written - it just needs more work. --  Alfakim  --  talk   19:01, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * But then again, how much do you think this thing could be expanded? At best, you could have correct attribution and some history, which would still leave a pretty small article and what Wikiquotes is still much better for. I honestly don't think this could be expanded to encyclopedic proportions. As far as I know, the quote hasn't inspired much else besides gracing the quote books and fortune cookie databases everywhere. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 15:34, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * transwiki to Wikiquotes. I seem to recall reading this before, years ago in College. Seems the most appropriate thing to do. Roodog2k 21:57, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * As I said above, it's already in Wikiquotes, so I think it can be safely deleted from here. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 15:34, 16 April 2006 (UTC)


 * 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 talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.