Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fence post repair

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 02:47, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)

Fence post repair
This was marked for speedy deletion by an anonymous user. I think it's far from a speedy deletion candidate, so I'm moving it here. It's written in a how-to, not encyclopedic form right now. I've got no particular preference, though I could see merging bits of it for Fence or Fence post/Fencepost?), and redirecting. CDC   (talk)  17:49, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC) Delete. "I learned all of the information from my father". Personal research by the author's father. Delete - Wikipedia is not a DIY manual. Let the author put it on his own web site (and sneak in a few links to it in appropriate Wiki articles.) -- RHaworth 13:04, 2005 Feb 5 (UTC) abstain I can understand that this is not a do it diy website, however I feel that this article is informative and is not just a diy article because it does define what the process is and supplies information on why the posts rot in the first place.
 * See also Fence Post repair and its current VfD. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 18:25, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oops, my mistake. So we can just turn one of them into a redirect to the other, since they're the same, and then make just one decision, right? CDC   (talk)  20:21, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest making Fence Post repair a redirect to Fence post repair for reasons of correct capitalisation. There was a VfD a few weeks back Votes for deletion/The shitty asshole which was a similar situation. I made one into a redirect to the other and asked that the outcome of the VfD be applied to the redirect as well. I believe that although not strictly according to policy it was accepted on the grounds of common sense. Thryduulf 23:44, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * abstain (just clarifying that the above doesn't constitue a vote either way). Thryduulf 23:44, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Josh Cherry 20:21, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, yikes, content's wonderful, but not only is this original research, WP is not a DIY guide. Wyss 22:42, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. What if you don't have a fence post to repair, like me? --Neigel von Teighen 22:45, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete DIY info. Edeans 04:55, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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