Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comprehensive editing


 * 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 was keep. A WP:RM discussion may be started if anyone considers the current title inappropriate. (non-admin closure) f  e  minist  05:32, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Comprehensive editing

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The only place where this is described as a formal technique is in the source by Rude. The description of the technique is not substantively different from editing in general. I enjoy sandwiches (talk) 00:30, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Strong keep, but retitle article to "Substantive writing" which is the more prevalent term. Article is informative, decent length and well-written. If this article is deleted, it will only discourage editor who took the time to write a good article. Wikipedia needs more excellent articles on writing as this will attract more Wikipedia editors and could help the writing of Wikipedia editors. Knox490 (talk) 04:07, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I appreciate that it is well written, but substantive editing, otherwise referred to as content editing, is already described at length in the copy-editing article, and I do not see how that description differs from this term -- the article is predominantly redundant in that context. More importantly, the notation 'comprehensive editing' is not widely accepted, and essentially a tautology. I am also concerned it is an oblique attempt at self promotion. Perhaps if more sources were found to show it as a distinct and more generally used terminology, but tough to accept the article as it stands. Could merge portions into copy-editing so the novice editor does not feel their efforts went to waste and to lessen the perception of biting, as they certainly know how to express themselves clearly and would be a welcome addition to the site. I enjoy sandwiches (talk) 07:08, 13 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep Having had some time to consider it, there is probably enough novel content to keep this as a separate article with a retitle/maintenance tag as content editing (rather than substantive editing), to allow it to be retrolinked more clearly to copyediting. I have made some additional revisions as well. I enjoy sandwiches (talk) 00:45, 16 April 2017 (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.