Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of proverbial phrases


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The result was   KEEP There is indeed consensus that a great many of these proverbal phrases are sourceable and thus not contrary to WP:OR. Additionally since there are editors willing to improve the article, noms reason is insufficient to delete article. Mike Cline (talk) 22:53, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

List of proverbial phrases

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Pure WP:OR, this article is totally un-referenceable. Toddst1 (talk) 19:47, 11 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom.  JBsupreme  ( talk ) 20:51, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:48, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm not that sure about WP:OR, but it looks like a textbook case of WP:NOTDIR. — Rankiri (talk) 02:40, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete this duplicates the function of wikiquote:English proverbs and IIRC, VfD transwikied the proverbs to Wikiquote years ago. 70.29.210.242 (talk) 04:28, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per Rankiri. This isn't so much WP:OR or prod-able, yet is sort of a violation of  WP:NOTDIR.   It think it's just a non-notable and random list. Bearian (talk) 05:01, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I am quite prepared to reference every item, and throw out the ones I cannot find. It will of course take a while to finish. There are dozens of sources for this material. The problem is going to be the selection: I could take a selection from some standard source, but it is rather hard to figure out how to do that without copyvio. The best I can come up with to to take those that appear in several of the standard sources.     DGG ( talk ) 00:06, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep but restrict to phrases with encylopedic origins, like don't count your chickens before they hatch. Polarpanda (talk) 13:02, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It's not a bad idea. See Category:English proverbs, Category:Chinese proverbs and Category:Proverbs. — Rankiri (talk) 15:23, 13 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep per Polarpanda and DGG above - the original research appears fixable with sourcing. Regards,    A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 02:18, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Undecided I agree this doesn't seem like a notable article however I always hate to destroy information for the sake of adhering to a rule. Is there some place that this could find a home? HalifaxRage (talk) 12:29, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I agree with HalifaxRage. The article is not encyclopedic, not referenced, basically original research, so doesn't belong on Wikipedia. But someone put a LOT of work into this - the most thorough such list I have ever seen. Is there some other Wiki-related place where it could be transferred? --MelanieN (talk) 15:17, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * What about http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/English_proverbs ? By the way, as much as I like Polarpanda's proposal, the current version of the list has absolutely nothing to do with it. I see no reason to change my earlier vote. — Rankiri (talk) 15:24, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep since others have expressed their willingness to clean it up. It could pass with a bit of work, and I don't mind pitching in. Airplaneman  talk 19:29, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
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