Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dripstone


 * 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. David V Houston's argument is compelling. Shimeru (talk) 21:02, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Dripstone

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Disambiguation that only lists dictionary entries. Per WP:DAB: "A disambiguation page is not a list of dictionary definitions." Eleassar my talk 10:09, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep- seems a reasonable dab. The architectural meaning isn't merely a dicdef- it was actually an entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Reyk  YO!  10:18, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to the Wiktionary article . WP:DABNOT clearly specifies what is to be done with disambiguation pages such as these. Until the architectural term is expanded to a proper article, a redirect is most appropriate. Aditya Ex Machina  11:21, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment- I suspect the article Hood mould is about this thing. Reyk  YO!  11:28, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:34, 9 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Wiktionary, Boleyn2 (talk) 12:50, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Hood mould. If needed, a hatnote there can direct users to the types of geologic dripstones, stalactite and stalagmite. -- JHunterJ (talk) 11:15, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I'm confused.  It looks like 'dripstone' is a word used for stalagmites and stalactites, so someone might legitimately enter that as a search term for those articles.  Thus we have 3 articles that ALL could be legitimately called 'dripstone' (no?).  Isn't that precisely what a disambiguation page is for?  Of course, the 'See also' section should be merged into the main section so it looks more like a proper disambiguation.David V Houston (talk) 16:46, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
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