Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Perennate


 * 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   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:56, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Perennate

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Wikipedia is not a dictionary.  smithers  - talk  07:14, 22 January 2014 (UTC) Withdrawn by nominator  thanks for the redirect to the already improved and notable article. That was a good call on your end, I nominated this article at 11PM last night and I should have searched for a page such as Perennation to redirect it to. That was a big mistake on my end. Cheers!  smithers  - talk  00:16, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 10:31, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep and expand. I've boldly moved this to Perennation. This is a botanical term, rather than a dicdef. The topic also passes WP:GNG. Some source examples are listed below. Additionally, more sources are available via internet searches.
 * Johnson, Duncan Starr (1918). The Fruit of Opuntia Fulgida: A Study of Perennation and Proliferation in the Fruits of Certain Cactaceæ. Carnegie Institution of Washington.
 * Beatley, Janice C. (1970). Perennation in Astragalus Lentiginosus and Tridens Pulchellus in Relation to Rainfall.
 * Stewart, Fred Carlton (1909). The Perennation of the Clover Dodder, Cuscuta Epithymum Murr.
 * Randhawa, M.S. (1940). Perennation in Oedocladium Operculatum Tiffany.
 * Dasgupta, M. K. (1988). Principles of Plant Pathology. Allied Publishers. pp. 225-226. ISBN 8170231922
 * – Northamerica1000(talk) 10:33, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep per Northamerica1000. De728631 (talk) 13:35, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Northamerica1000's good source finds both show that this topic is notable through multiple in depth RS books and that there is plenty of material out there upon which to expand the article beyond a dicdef. --Mark viking (talk) 17:07, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * KeepI expanded the article slightly. However, in the process, I found out that the topic matches Storage organ to a large extent, so the outcome could as well be "merge". Now, a question for botanists: is development of storage organs the only means of perennation, or are there other strategies covered by this term? Are e.g. trees said to perennate? No such user (talk) 21:38, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
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