Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guest house

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The result of the debate was keep. -R. fiend 17:40, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Guest house
Delete. This is a dictionary entry and should be moved to Wiktionary. It provides no useful information about guest houses beyond the definition. What more could be said about guest houses anyway? DanMS 17:41, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now.  Should be transwikied, as it's a dictdef of an idiom, but no opinion whether it should be kept or deleted afterwards. &mdash;Cryptic (talk) 12:51, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, keep this one. The very concept of a "guest house" has maaad sociological overtones which do not jump out to us because we're so used to the concept. Besides, think of Kato Kaelin - if we delete this article, where's he gonna stay? -- BD2412 talk 13:36, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and transwiki. I don't see any sociological overtones worth keeping an article for. / Peter Isotalo 13:50, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, there are many famous guest houses and their implications, etc. Versaille under Louis XIV perhaps and its use for political control?  I think this has some worth beyond dict.def. gren グレン 20:43, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Anything there you can add to the article? -- BD2412 talk 22:40, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Versailles a guest house? I thought it was the royal palace. Please explain what type of political power you're refering to here. / Peter Isotalo 23:41, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Versailles might not be the best example since it says "exclusive" conversion into a house for guests. However, what I was pointing out is that during the reign of Louis XIV the nobles were getting powerful and his plan to neutralize them was to let them live in Versailles where he had a greater deal of control, etc.  However, I suppose if this is only about free standing houses and not guest-wings, etc. then it doesn't work... although, there are guest houses on the premises of many palaces I believe... like Hampton... I forget the name outside of London that Henry VIII owned. gren グレン 01:27, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep social significance. I couldn't immediately tell you the difference between Bed and Breakfast, Guesthouse, pension (lodging), etc, so I suppose there is potential for a merge if someone know's what they're doing. Dunc|&#9786; 21:04, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * A guest house is not a form of hotel service. It's just a house one houses guests in. / Peter Isotalo 23:41, 19 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep. Christopher Parham (talk) 22:03, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep eventually someone will write some good history and examples, then it can be related to media and fiction, hopefully not leaving too much room for OJ. Alf melmac 10:32, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
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