Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jiffy


 * 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 of the debate was keep. Kirill Lokshin 00:42, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Jiffy
This disambiguation page only consists only of dictionary definitions, contradicting Wikipedia policy. The Wiktionary entry contains all of the presented info, and there isn't an appropriate redirect.--Commander Keane 07:18, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand into an actual article on the various lengths of a jiffy. - Pasiphae 07:33, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. 'Clock Tick' redirects to it, and 'jiffy' is succinct. At worst just redirect it to the Wiktionary. (FireballX301 07:37, 8 November 2005 (UTC))
 * Comment, the Wikimedia software doesn't allow redirects to other projects, see Redirect at meta.--Commander Keane 07:46, 8 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep Merge Wiktionary into Wikipedia. There is no need for a division between them. It's an irrelevant division inherited from paper. CalJW 08:13, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment No, it's policy ( Wikipedia is not a dictionary) and while wikipedia is not paper, it is a database. This the search function runs slowly sometimes?  Imagine MediaWiki querying wikipedia and wiktionary databases (or a combined database)... that alone should be sufficent argument against that suggestion.--Isotope23 21:56, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Jiffy is a useful disambiguation page at the moment. Capitalistroadster 08:51, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment, as the disambig template says, disambiguation pages are "a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title". There are no Wikipedia articles about Jiffy. None of the articles linked to on the Jiffy page mention Jiffy. At the moment, this page is a useful dictionary page. Wikipedia is not a dictionary - that is official policy.--Commander Keane 10:31, 8 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep but make it a proper disambiguation page. And add Jiffy Packaging, since a jiffy bag is a generic term for a padded envelope in these parts. Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] :: AfD? 12:08, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. It is now a proper dab page, with the information about different time-lengths moved to Jiffy (time). I added the packaging company, and also the lemon juice company (as Jiffy packaging is known in the US, so a Jiffy lemon is similarly well known in the UK). Grutness...  wha?  12:56, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment the main effect of your change was to move a bunch of dicdefs to another article. Is WP a dictionary, or not? &mdash;Wahoofive (talk) 17:00, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Jiffy as it is a disambigous page that redirects to one article... all other links are dead. While we are at it, Jiffy (time) which was created as a product of this AfD should be deleted as well because it is essentially a list of dicdefs.--Isotope23 19:04, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this page and Transwiki Jiffy_(time) on wikctionary. Of course, if someone manages to expand the latter page or to create a page on any other use of Jiffy, I would be glad to change my vote. Paolo Liberatore (Talk) 20:10, 8 November 2005 (UTC) . I just realized that both Jiffy and Jiffy (time) are taken from the entry on wikctionary. Delete both. Paolo Liberatore (Talk) 20:13, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep it appears there are several commercial products that use this name so an article such as this one is helpful. Yamaguchi先生 09:01, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep proper DAb page --Carlos Prats 10:52, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per Capitalistroadster. Xoloz 14:40, 12 November 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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.