Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Label scar


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The result was transwiki to Wiktionary. Neıl ☎  11:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Label scar

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Article is nothing more than a dictionary definition and picture gallery. Although a widely used term in retail, it doesn't seem to be notable enough to have its own page -- there seems to be almost no way to expand it beyond a mere dicdef. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 01:09, 18 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Transwiki, Wiktionary doesn't seem to have an article for Label scar yet. There's only one incoming main space link too. &mdash;Elipongo (Talk contribs) 01:18, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Transwiki per Elipongo. --Caldorwards4 (talk) 02:31, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Transwiki per Elipongo. Wryspy (talk) 02:57, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. From this page, I learned that a familiar phenomenon had a name.  I can think of several routes for expansion of this article: there may be some source out there that discusses how current tenants deal with the phenomenon, and maybe even some label scars that have achieved sufficient note to get some published commentary.  The point being, of course, that I disagree with the proposition that this can never be more than a definition.  Not sure that Wiktionary is the place for the helpful illustrations, either; they alone should merit keeping this article. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:57, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Moderate keep. As with Smerdis, I can see ways this could be expanded beyong a mere dictdef. Label scars (which i too never knew the name of) are a recurring theme in the work of several visual artists, for instance, and are clearly often a layman's first indication of a building's former purpose. There may also, as Smerdic points out, be some famous label scars out there which could be listed, either real ones or fictional ones. They are certainly a common phenomenon and one that could have more written about it. Grutness...wha?  01:01, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Transwiki - Simple plain ol' dicdef. How "current tenants deal with the phenomenon" is by painting/covering it over, is as far as an expansion can really go. All the pictures belong on their respective Mall's Articles, be they Dead Malls or not. Sorry, but TPH has hit the nailhead on this one. Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  13:32, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * FWIW, I've now expanded it a little beyond the "as far as an expansion can really go" point. Just a tiny bit, mind, but it gives some indication on what could be done with this, given some research effort. Grutness...wha?  23:37, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * But until it has Cites indicating it as a intended Motif or theme of a series, its WP:OR. Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  03:09, 20 January 2008 (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.