Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Desk on a chest


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The result was Keep. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-09 08:37Z 

Desk on a chest

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Not been touched for yonks this article. I find it hard to believe that so many sorts of desks can be notable, but maybe that's because I am not particularly excited by desks. Still, the title "desk on a chest" sounds somewhat wrong - I can't describe why Montchav 13:07, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong keep just because antique furniture titillates you there's no reason to delete this article. Nardman1 15:03, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Source the term: It sounds made up. If it's actually used, keep. If not, delete. Now we just need articles such as Chair on a table and Stool on a counter....--SeizureDog 17:24, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Nardman. However, I agree that the article needs sources. Walton monarchist89 17:29, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless sourced as unreferenced, potentially original research. A search on the term turns up little but wikipedia mirrors and coincidental phrasings; the couple of minor sites that use the term have inconsistent definitions. Night Gyr (talk/Oy)
 * Rename to Desk on chest: If you do a Google search with the exact term option with "Desk on chest" you'll get a better idea of what I was reading about in a specialized book on antique furniture when I wrote that article. If you want to actually see one then do a Google image search on "campaign desk chest" .  The first two in that image search are desks on a chest or desks on chests,(do a google image search with just "campaign desk" to see real campaign desks) the other ones are Secretary desks, Pedestal desks and Slant top desks that have been mis-tagged for a variety of reasons.  I don't know why I forgot to put a ref at the bottom of this one when I put them for all the other antique desk forms in the List of desk forms and types when I wrote all that three to four years ago.  I wrote up the first versions of all the articles in that list, save one.  All of them are based on my readings in published books or in Web pages for the desk forms (such as an armoire desk) which are not antiques, so they do not constitute original research. Original research would have meant going through manuscripts, going out in the field and taking photos of desks and measuring them and doing interviews with people.  I've done nothing of the sort, always using Web pages (including antique dealer sites which you will not get if you just do a basic Google search, but which you will find useful if you do advanced Google searches) or printed books only. --AlainV 02:28, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * So moved. Thanks for the clarification. Nardman1 02:37, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


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