Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glass jar


 * 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 Jar. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:34, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Glass jar

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

Is it possible that we should have an article on an item as mundane as a glass jar? Possibly. Is this that article? No it appears to have been created for one user's own amusement as a tongue-and-cheek comment on their appreciation of the fact that we have an entire Wikiproject devoted to containers. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:38, 16 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete as pointless fork - we already have Jar, along with Container glass... AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:47, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
 * And there is already a much funnier commentary on the importance of glass jars out there as well. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:01, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Keep as creator. I will respond to User:Beeblebrox's remarks on my editing habits on my talk page, but the suggestion that this article is somehow a comment on the Containers wikiproject would be impossible unless I somehow had access to a time machine, as the article predates the project, and also follows my earlier articles on items such as a Jar opener - it was at this stage that I was surprised there was not already an article on glass jars - something which I decided to fix. I must say I was unaware of the existing articles on Jar and Container glass, and although I believe this article contains information that is not available in those articles and offers a more in depth look at a specific aspect of glass-based storage, if the consensus here is to merge I will not oppose, but I would suggest that the content of this article be moved entirely to whatever location is deemed most suitable. Thanks, Horatio Snickers (talk) 20:08, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - I take no part in either side of this deletion discussion because I am undecided. While I agree that it can appear pointless, it is probable that an article on a glass jar could be necessary, and deleting it now may make it more difficult to recreate with a sincere article later. ö   Brambleberry   of   RiverClan  23:04, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Jar. There is already an article on Jars in general (mainly glass) and particular types of glass jars. Jar (disambiguation) is a perfectly adequate page to gather together these various jar articles. Glass jar is a superfluous duplicate. Sionk (talk) 23:27, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Jar. Or delete.  Either is acceptable.  I don't know whether it's a postmodern prank or a good-faith creation, but there's no reason for this duplicate article to exist. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:50, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:53, 16 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Jar. Or delete.  Feeble fork. Xxanthippe (talk) 00:17, 17 September 2013 (UTC).
 * Comment. Is the "Containers" project definitely genuine? I mean, that's not a hoax or piss-take too is it? Note that the "userbox" (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Containers) depicts a "Crusty old bucket with a troll stood next to it". 86.176.211.59 (talk) 14:13, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The troll makes it difficult not to read that as a satire of Wikipedia's anal-retentive obsession with minor details and trivial subjects. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:48, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm pretty sure that project is intended as a put-on. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:20, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Keep and merge. There's information not already in the jar article. Peter&#160;James (talk) 22:34, 18 September 2013 (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.