Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Half a crown


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The result was   delete. Wizardman 23:42, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Half a crown

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We already have Half crown (British coin). BUC (talk) 20:47, 5 December 2009 (UTC)


 * merge: information into Half crown (British coin) creating Etymology sub-section? Certainly not worthy of being in a separate article.  Mattg82 (talk) 21:27, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:05, 6 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. I grew up in the pre-decimalisation era, and I never heard the coin referred to as anything but a Half Crown--Brunnian (talk) 05:39, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - eh? I take it you're not from the southern half of the country, then?Tris2000 (talk) 11:18, 7 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete I have heard "half a crown" used in colloquial speech, but the article Half crown (British coin) seems much more comprehensive (and with the correct title). I do not see any information in this article that would improve the Half crown (British coin) article, hence delete rather than merge. Gilo  &ouml;  07:23, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete and Redirect to Half Crown per WP:NOTDICTIONARY. At the most, this warrants a phrase to the effect of (also known is Half a Crown). Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 11:04, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect - most people here in the UK (or at least in the southern part) called it "Half a crown" to be honest, so you MUST redirect it at the very least. Certainly don't delete. Tris2000 (talk) 11:17, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article is about the phrase "half a crown" describing a sum of money rather than the half crown coin itself. Though the relationship between two is obvious they are different things. Brother Francis (talk) 13:10, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * That still fails inclusion criteria by virtue of being dictionary definition. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 13:21, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NOTDICTIONARY (as stated by Chris Neville-Smith) - remove the unnecessary exposition of the article, and what you have is "A half a crown is equal to half of a crown, or two shillings and six pence". The only reference is itself to a dictionary. Vulture19 (talk) 21:11, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
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