Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alcoholic drinks in Britain


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The result was   delete. Spartaz Humbug! 19:08, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Alcoholic drinks in Britain

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Prod was supported, but then declined because the article had been around since June 2006. The article hasn't developed much in that time, and has been tagged for improvement since Jan 2007 with no success. My doubt about the article, and perhaps the reason for its lack of growth, is that it's more of a category than an article. The matters that it wishes to discuss - Beer and Wine - already have articles, so this - at best - would be a disamb page, and - at worse - would mirror material from the other articles and create problems for editors who would either have to then update two articles simultaneously, or neglect one or the other so the articles start to diverge and create problems for the reader.  SilkTork  *YES! 08:51, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete All the information is covered in other articles. This does not present any relevant new information about the subject which is not covered elsewhere. --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 08:54, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. Any content here can be better presented elsewhere. Redundant article. -- Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 13:44, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Perhaps, for the time being it should be turned into a formal disambiguation page.  The title seems an eminently reasonable one where you'd expect to find something.  Some kind of information about British drinking habits, customs, and preferences could always be added. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 15:28, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * This isn't even suitable as a category under its current title, which could mean almost anything such as "Available" in Britain, "Popular" in Britain, "A History Of...", and many more. Wine, beer and spirits are mentioned (without references) as being "popular" in Britain whereas the article title doesn't even state anything about popularity. It's completely unreferenced; the only ref is to a piece specifically about British wine. Delete, per nominator. Tonywalton Talk 16:29, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - I could certainly see an article about the alcoholic beverage industry in industry in the UK being notable, however it is almost completely redundant to the existing Wine & Beer article so it doesn't serve much purpose. --ThaddeusB (talk) 20:51, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed - this could be reworked into almost anything else - current industry, history of industry, sociology (our famous British "binge drinking" - where does one buy binge?) archæology, come to that. There's simply nothing in there as it stands that could be reworked or built on. Tonywalton Talk 22:22, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions.  --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  01:40, 21 August 2009 (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.