Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Celtic blue


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  20:22, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Celtic blue

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I cannot find any evidence that this colour actually exists as named, either under the title, or as glas celtig, or as gorm ceilteach. All we do find are Wiki mirror articles. The genesis of the article appears to be that the author has found historical references to Celts dyeing themselves blue, and has invented a so-named colour? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:54, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
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 * He's also added it to Template:Shades of blue; that'll have to be addressed if deleted. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:03, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment - I did a quick Google search just now (just before 4: 20 G.M.T. on November 6 2017), and the only hit I got that was unambiguously on the colour was the Wikipedia article. I did get a hit on Amazon to Celtic blue, but this seemed to be on jewellery, and Wikipedia is not supposed to be promotional. Vorbee (talk) 16:23, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hmm, that's odd: I just checked again to see that hit and I spotted this, a mention of Celtic blue in relation to the new Star Trek. That would pretty much answer my concern that this colour exist. I'd be happy to withdraw. But that's the only one I can find that's not for the cheese named Celtic Blue. Still, odd to see it used by this Cable.co.uk website, in an article published just weeks ago. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:31, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Believing in being proactive, I have just left a question at the bottom of the Cable.co.uk page, asking its author about his use of the word Celtic Blue in it, which I hope will appear post-moderation. I doubt I'll get a response, but I strongly suspect he wanted to be able to describe the colour of the Start Trek uniforms and simply found a match on Shades of blue here. I reckon there's a PhD to be had on the influence of Wikipedia errors on modern culture. I'm sure the irony of that online source's title is not lost on !voters here. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:56, 11 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete, perhaps better repurpose. The description of the Britons as painting themselves blue is a genuine quotation from Julius Caesar.  As far as I know, there is no collateral evidence to provide a commentary on this.  The question of how this quotation should be interpreted is a proper subject of scholarly debate (or speculation).  As such we could properly have a WP article discussing the various views on it.  The article summarises views quite well.  However the present title just will not do.  Britons painted blue might do, but would be liable to pick up FRINGE content.  Celtic F.C. play in green, so that it cannot refer to them.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:32, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete or possibly redirect to Woad. That page has a section that is similar to what Peterkingiron is describing. Smmurphy(Talk) 17:36, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * What's interesting to me too is how he's used the infobox color parameters to settle on a rather precise colour model for this shade of blue, even though it doesn't seem to be in any of the sources? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:43, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:50, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, that's very obvious - he's simply used a software package to select the RGB colours from any old photo. (that must certainly have been done with his ridiculous Dolphin pink contribution which I've yet to deal with). The more I look into this editor's contributions, the more unreliable and artificial many of them appear to be. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:56, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree that is the method used to pick this color. I was hoping that it was a riddle, that the year 246 BCE had some meaning, but I couldn't find it. Smmurphy(Talk) 17:10, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete No evidence of this colour existing. If it doesn't exist, why give it creedence with a WP:REDIRECT? I have cause to be concerned that the page creator is manufacturing imaginary content elsewhere, some of them on colours, of which Boto pink (Dolphin pink) is the most ludicrous, but that's another matter. As is the current SPI. Nick Moyes (talk) 22:36, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete for lack of good sourcing to establish notability. With respect and good faith, the editor's contributions in this article and others is writing that, I would guess, does not make a lot of sense to the average reader.104.163.155.95 (talk) 03:58, 9 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment I've deleted the infobox based on the discussion here. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 20:02, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * it's also on Shades_of_blue. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 20:04, 11 November 2017 (UTC)


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