Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Commissioning


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The result was   redirect to Commission. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 08:06, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Commissioning

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Not just a dicdef, but an unclear uncited dicdef. I've never seen the term used in this sense, so I think this may be a UK not US usage, in which case it should at least say so. Conceivably it could be expanded into an article--almost anything can--, although I do not see how. If someone can do so or even suggest how,  I will withdraw this.  DGG ( talk ) 00:50, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Yes, this is a valid UK usage. But as a dictionary definition it is pretty inept, and fails on WP:DICTIONARY. The subject is notable, but I agree that if it is to become a useful article it might be better not to start from here. AJHingston (talk) 01:00, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
 * BTW the term probably comes from the commissioning of a warship, ie bringing it into service, a major exercise including manning, storing, etc. Then extended by analogy to things such as hospitals (if that helps). AJHingston (talk) 01:11, 5 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete and redirect to Commission (disambiguation), the disambiguation page is the proper place to point this, it doesn't need an article, since it is a dictdef. 65.95.15.144 (talk) 05:42, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Commission which is a dab page listing most of the possible meanings. The current version is not especially a UK usage.  In the UK, the term would cover usages such as Book commissioning and acquisition or Commissioning and purchasing.  The word generally means to enter into a commitment and this can occur at various stages of an enterprise from ordering to acceptance. Colonel Warden (talk) 18:52, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Indeed, it can have that variety of meanings. I don't think that the present disambiguation page for commission does cover them properly, though. To take the single example of the National Health Service in England, as well as the well established usage of hospital commissioning as the process of bringing the buildings into operation at the end of construction, it is now being used in a quite different sense when speaking of commissioning health care when it is concerned with identifying needs and making sure they are met, and therefore much like a publisher commissioning a book.  I think that sense is currently missing. Perhaps you should add it. AJHingston (talk) 20:55, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
 * There may be an analogous process in publishing, but there I think the word "commissioning" is used for an event that comes much earlier in the game. —Tamfang (talk) 20:19, 8 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Redirect as suggested. If the dab page lacks the sense in question, add to it. —Tamfang (talk) 20:19, 8 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.  -- Danger (talk) 11:19, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
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