Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Interim (2nd nomination)


 * 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 delete. I will also move the dab page to this name as an editorial action; the core result of the AfD is the deletion of the current page. I will also merge the two Talk pages. RL0919 (talk) 14:27, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Interim
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Fails WP:NOTDIC. This is a dictionary definition of an ordinary word, not an encyclopedic commentary on the term. ― Tartan357  Talk 13:25, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
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 * Delete and move Interim (disambiguation) to the namespace (per WP:DABNAME). The previous AfD was primarily arguing that interim had value as a DAB page, which now exits as a separate article. The article on what's supposed to be the primary topic still fails WP:NOTDIC. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 14:15, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 14:16, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 * [Changed my !vote, see below]Herostratus (talk) Mnmh, I dunno. You can't replace this by pointing people to the dictionary definition, because that's an an entirely different thing. Dictionaries are concerned with pronounciation, etymology, similar words, what part of speech a word is, what its different meanings are, what the word means in various languages, and some bare examples of use. When to apply WP:NOTDICTIONARY at the margins is a matter of interpretation and opinion. In the case of disagreement, we should default to not destroying existing otherwise-good material. So I'm not finding the dicdef argument persuasive.


 * But, the point that it should just point to the disambiguation page is reasonable. It's reasonable mainly because the current state of the article is unref'd, and reffing it would possible but hard and not likely to actually happen at it reads like someone just decided to write it. This article does lay out various aspects of the word in more depth than a disambig page can, which is good I guess, and there's a hatnote at top pointing to the disambig page, when granted is an extra step for readers wanting to find interim management etc... so, not sure on that point. Not !voting at this time. Herostratus (talk) 14:59, 7 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete/partial merge with dab page. These are just examples of how an ordinary word is used, nothing really tying them together as an encyclopedic concept. Reywas92Talk 15:36, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 * What said. The article is really a dab in disguise and is a candidate for WP:TNT (unreferenced forever, a grab bag of unrelated statements) in any event. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 16:18, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. Possibly redirect it to Interim (disambiguation), but I have no strong opinion about this. Sorry for the confusion before. MrsSnoozyTurtle 22:51, 8 January 2022 (UTC) Move to Interim (disambiguation), as per Qwaiiplayer.
 * I don't think you mean move this page over Interim (disambiguation). User:Qwaiiplayer said the opposite. Herostratus (talk) 20:45, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello, I've updated my comment. Thanks for pointing out the confusion before. MrsSnoozyTurtle 22:51, 8 January 2022 (UTC)


 * What said, delete and move Interim (disambiguation) to the namespace (or just redirect this page to Interim (disambiguation), whatever the usual procedure is). (NB, thinking about this some... I made a big change, big expansion too, to Interim (disambiguation). By all means anyone can roll this back if they like! I have reasonable grounds for this (doesn't mean I'm right tho), and I put my reasoning at Talk:Interim (disambiguation).)  Herostratus (talk) 20:45, 8 January 2022 (UTC)


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