Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Knitting and crochet during the civil war


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 00:41, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Knitting and crochet during the civil war

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Personal essay, original research, no encyclopedic content. Premise problem as well: people knitted and crocheted during the Civil War for the same reason they did before and after: to make clothing. They might also have begun a campaign to knit for the troops, but this article doesn't tell us anything about that other than claiming that it happened. An article on the topic might describe the way such a campaign was conceived and initiated, how the knitted goods were conveyed to the troops, etc. Such info could be added to a stub, but I'm not sure this article in its current state qualifies as a stub. What say you all? —Largo Plazo (talk) 18:29, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Clear Delete. Non-notable, OR, no reliable sources. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 19:04, 10 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete, of course. But be nice to the original editor; it's clearly a student trying, even if they haven't figured out Wikipedia yet. --John Nagle (talk) 19:45, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unsourced, and no hope of this being a viable article. Related areas someone interested in this could work on would be 1860s in fashion, History of knitting, and the yet-to-be-created Women in the American Civil War (a counterpart of Women in the American Revolution). Fences  &amp;  Windows  20:01, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * p.s. There are sources covering this topic though:. Fences  &amp;  Windows  20:03, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  --  Fences  &amp;  Windows  20:04, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete -- Hardly even an essay. While it may be true that women knitted and crocheted for the troops in the Civil War, as they certainly did in WWI.  This is hardly encyclopaedic.  It is unsourced, except an external link to "blogspot", which is not WP:RS.  No hope of rescue; better to drown it.  Peterkingiron (talk) 21:33, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unsourced, no encyclopedic content. Pepper /piggle 22:16, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Welcome to Wikipedia,User:Iceveela. If it's any consolation, we were all new to Wikipedia at one time, and most of us got introduced to this forum the hard way.  You know a lot more about the art of creating objects from yarn, and I hope that you'll use that knowledge to correct any mistakes that you see in existing articles.  It takes awhile to learn the "encyclopedic style" that is used here, but once it becomes familiar, you'll see possibilities for sharing knowledge. Mandsford (talk) 19:48, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

hello all, thank you for your criticism, i however, did not expect this to be so popular in just a couple of days, no offense to any who have and will post, but at least give it some time to flourish before you stomp on the pedals of this delicate flower. not all science is based on facts, but the hypothesizes that arises from the knowledge of the individual. if what you all say is true words, than astronomy shall have no place in this site of Wikipedia. neither in fact shall many other sciences, and cultural "facts". we know of in this day. furthermore. i shall imply that all who judge the swan based on the duckling has no place here as well. that is all i have to say. Iceveela (talk) 17:07, 16 January 2010 (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.