Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hostal

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was KEEP. I am not persuaded of the case for a merge/redirect and there are no votes explicitly requesting that. -Splash 18:47, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Hostal
(1) title misspelled (2) page "Hostel" already exists and has a great deal more content (3) article's creator included a link to a commercial site, which I presume was the actual intent behind the creation of the page Kymacpherson 16:36, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Title is correctly spelled. It's Spanish and appears to be different than a hostel, probably closer to a bed and breakfast, inn or guest house. Pburka 16:48, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify point (1), hostal is not an english word, according to Webster's Collegiate or Webster's International dicitonary. It is a spanish word&mdash;the direct translation of the english word hostel. Kymacpherson 21:30, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No it's not - see for example this page on WikiTravel which states,  'It is important not to confuse a Hostal with a Hostel. A hostel offers backpacker-type accommodation with shared rooms. However a hostal is very similar to guest house and is generally cheaper than a hotel.'  - ulayiti (talk)  21:44, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, Pburka is right. - ulayiti (talk)  21:14, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Should this then be on the Spanish wiki, or merged or crosslinked with Hostel or Hotel? Although there's some distinction, it sounds like a kind of a hostel to me. undecided DavidConrad 07:03, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It's nothing like a hostel. If it's to merged with anything (which I would resent) it would have to be the article on hotel. Trust me on this one, I've stayed in many hostals while I've been in Spain, and they're nothing like hostels. They're more like the bed and breakfast things in the UK. - ulayiti (talk)  12:58, 1 August 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.