Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Forever home


 * 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. There is no consensus here to delete, it's all to either keep or merge the article. I'm seeing no clerk consensus in favour of clear cut merging, so this can be determined through editorial discussion. non-admin closure) Steven Zhang  The clock is ticking....  00:04, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Forever home

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This term doesn't seem to merit its own article. I was unable to find sources -- let alone reliable ones -- describing what a "forever home" is, so it would apparently fail the verifiability policy and consequently the general notability guideline. There is an article in Cape Cod Today that says it is "life for an unlucky pup that might not otherwise have gotten another chance to live theirs", but that's not a useful encyclopedic definition from a reputable source. Anna talk 17:45, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organisms-related deletion discussions.   Anna talk 18:00, 1 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep or merge The term is current, certainly. I recently provided a "forever home" for a young kitten... I hadn't heard the term before, but now that I have I keep hearing it in lots of places. Perhaps there isn't merit in an article by itself, but it ought to be trivial to merge it into Pet adoption. -- Evertype·✆ 19:50, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually just let me know and I'll do the merge. -- Evertype·✆ 19:55, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge per Evertype, and once again I'm baffled as to why this was listed among the language-related deletion discussions. What does this article have to do with language? Angr (talk) 20:25, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Some words/phrases are listed, and I thought it would perhaps qualify as a "dictionary definition" as well, but will remove it. You'll see that I noted my uncertainty in my edit summary. Anna talk 20:39, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge: The article is short and weak, but the term is real. Many animal shelters can verify this is a term in popular use in the animal rescue community.   Montanabw (talk) 20:36, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment I understand the comments about it being popular but can't find any sources. Can anyone? Anna talk 20:39, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I think it's one of those words that is at the moment colloquial and hasn't made its way into the OED! LOL!  But here's what Google gives us -- lots and lots!:  .   Montanabw (talk) 04:08, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Very true; however unfortunately those results lack any reliable definitions or discussions of the term, as far as I could tell when I looked. The Cape Cod Today article above could count, but it's hard to extrapolate a definition or analysis from that bit of journalese. I'd probably support a merger as well, since "forever home" isn't too tricky of a term to merely define. Still, I can't really see the justification for an entirely separate article. (And thanks for replying! Few do -- though that's perhaps my fault; I'm sure I seem cantankerous sometimes ;) ) Anna talk 02:09, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Now the next question, if a merge, merge to where? Is there an animal adoption article or something closely related?   Montanabw (talk) 00:18, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
 * We do have Pet adoption, Rescue group, and Animal shelter Anna talk 01:12, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Take your pick. If Pet adoption is a strong enough article, that title sounds like the best home for a merge.   Montanabw (talk) 19:54, 5 July 2011 (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.