Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pruney bathtub skin


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The result was merge to Wrinkle. Sandstein 19:05, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Pruney bathtub skin

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WP:NEO Neologism - zero hits in Google John Nagle 17:37, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect and flag for expert attention as to where this should go, and merge this information if it isn't already present. This is a real and familiar phenomenon which may inspire curiosity.  There ought to be a more formal title and article name where this phenomenon can be discussed.  - Smerdis of Tlön 17:49, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. Here's a Washington Post article that discusses the phenomenon, and also uses the "prune" metaphor.  Unfortunately, the WP reporter seems not to have found the formal medical term for the phenomenon either.  This is a valid topic that belongs somewhere, but where, I know not.  - Smerdis of Tlön 20:10, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * In the absence of any better suggestions, merge with wrinkle per Dhartung. - Smerdis of Tlön 17:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:V. If an appropriate parent article is found, it's not likely to lack any verifiable info from this article (so nothing to merge), and I don't think this is a plausible search term (so no redirect).  Only source when nominated was a webcomic that fails WP:RS.  The Post article appears to be one usable source, but isn't "multiple".  Barno 20:26, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The Post article also doesn't use the term "pruney bathtub skin", and it appears to be a trivial human-interest fluff piece rather than featured news or analysis. Multiple such articles can demonstrate that an idea has some currency, but we need more than this type of story to make it rise above "something that might be worth one sentence in a broader article".  Barno 20:30, 31 January 2007 (UTC)


 * delete I'm sensing cruft. Madmedea 21:45, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge with skin, a section about the effects of water on skin or something similar. RHB Talk - Edits 21:59, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Smerge (not much here, really) with wrinkle, where there is already a photo of a water-wrinkled finger. I don't think the phrase "pruney bathtub skin" has ever been common anywhere. "Dishwater hands" is a somewhat common term, though. --Dhartung | Talk 22:24, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment "Dishpan hands" or "dishwater hands" is a different problem; that's a dry-skin type reaction to cleaning agents. --John Nagle 03:29, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Rename - I suggest Prune Fingers or Osmosis and Skin Wrinkles with a redirect from prune fingers since that's how I found most of the links. Some of these are more reliable sources than others but I got, , (brief mention only but in scientific context) and  (google answers page with links to several other articles that I haven't had a chance to read yet). Plymouths 08:26, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I found a link that claims the real word for it is pnigmenoderma but I can't seem to verify this - doesn't show up in any dictionaries I can find.Plymouths 08:29, 7 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Redirect to wrinkle per above... Addhoc 10:33, 7 February 2007 (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.