Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Front desk


 * 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   redirect to Receptionist.  MBisanz  talk 03:06, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Front desk

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This is, and has been, a strange entry and my rationale for putting it up for AfD is not as clear cut and policy based as it would normally be. I prodded this some time back and it was deleted, then I noticed it was recreated so I prodded it again and the prod was removed after a source was added.

The main argument I have here which I hate to fall back on is that this is in some way "unencyclopedic." For one thing the real title should be "hotel front desk" which really should not be an article (maybe a section of the article on hotels). Because of course there are all kind of places that have "front desks" in a manner of speaking though they are often called something different like a "reception desk" (which redirects to receptionist).

To me this would be like having an article on "restaurant dishwashing area" since that is an aspect of restaurants and presumably there are some things out there written about it (I could tell y'all some stories from my high school days!). Or we could have an article on "circulation department" (for a library) or "counselor's office" (for a school) or "receiving committee" (for the huge food co-op of which I am a member)&mdash;all of which are departments or offices unique to a particular industry or business. But I just don't think we want that kind of thing in this encyclopedia, though admittedly I can't cite a policy on that offhand (WP:NODEPARTMENTS?).

If there's a creative way to turn this into a viable article then fine, but otherwise I think it's going to look like it does now, i.e. more like a job description you get when you go in for an interview. Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 02:59, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete--I think I'd say this is nothing but a dictionary definition: WP:DICDEF. Drmies (talk) 03:07, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Good point, it might be a bit more than a simple dicdef, but it's close enough as far as I'm concerned.--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 03:21, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Haha, it's the sheer size of the article that makes you wonder, what policy could it be? Seriously, I think the point of a lot of articles that violate DICDEF is to look like they're a lot more, which one can do by adding all kinds of stuff. Drmies (talk) 03:31, 17 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment - I followed the category link to Category:Hospitality occupations and note that the article Night auditor is somewhat intertwined with the article in question here. If the process results in deletion, then it will need to be dealt with. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 04:42, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Receptionist - which needs rewriting, but it at least covers the broader definitions of a "Front desk". One example of the broader definition is my GP asks me to settle my account at the front desk on my way out. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 04:51, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. This might be saved by a major rewrite, but for now just let it go.  I'm opposed to the suggested merge to Receptionist since that job is very different, at least in American English.  Vegaswikian (talk) 03:49, 18 January 2009 (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.