Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paleness (color)


 * 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 redirect to Colorfulness. But no prejudice against retargeting to tints and shades if that's felt to be better. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 22:18, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Paleness (color)

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Article has been unsourced since 2006. Notability of topic is in question. Coin945 (talk) 05:28, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. Coin945 (talk) 05:28, 13 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2021 April 13.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 05:40, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep, the nominator does not propose a valid WP:DEL-REASON. The nominator does not say which notability guideline this article fails to meet. SailingInABathTub (talk) 10:31, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment does not appear to be an encyclopedic topic. Perhaps a redirect to Color theory?      StarM 17:57, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete This is a dictionary definition. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a dictionary. It is good to finally have someone moving against such massive misuse of Wikipedia.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:01, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Colorfulness or Tints and shades. Don't see the need for a separate page for a dictionary definition. Reywas92Talk 21:42, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment You know how pages can have big banners on the top and yet people still ignore them? I saw this article in the same pile of unsourced stuff and dug up some sources on the subject before even noticing there was an AfD. Derp. Anyway, from all the little blurbs I've read, typically 'paleness' is a observation of the result of some kind of effect; 'adding white' 'low saturation', etc. I think that generally qualifies something as a definition. It doesn't seem like there's research into the artistic definition of paleness (as opposed to medical paleness) so building a meaty article would be a challenge. Unfortunately, the term is so broad that I don't see how it could be merged into only ONE of the suggested articles above (and the color theory article is so technical and just unpleasant to read, I wouldn't redirect it there). Because I did put in a WP:Before effort, I'll post the findings on the article's talk page in case someone else wants to examine them for their meritcs. Cheers, Estheim (talk) 13:46, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Tints and shades for now. It seems there is not enough out there to support a sperate article per Estheim's comments.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:55, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment, sources added. SailingInABathTub (talk) 22:04, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect. Paleness isn't a fundamental property of color, but how close to white a color is. It involves two properties, Luminance and Colorfulness. Colorfulness is the most appropriate target for redirection. Vexations (talk) 16:14, 18 April 2021 (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.