Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Public bathroom


 * 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   Find an editorial solution.. The way I interpret this discussion is that the article should be moved back to Toilet (room), which is what it is about (whether that topic is worthy of an article is for another AfD discussion), and Public bathroom should be either a redirect or a dab page. I'm making it a dab page now, but that's an editorial decision and as such subject to change through the editorial process.  Sandstein  05:24, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Public bathroom

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This article is a stub that serves no purpose, as there is a much more detailed article covering the exact same topic at Public toilet. RGloucester (talk) 21:41, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The article was originally Toilet (room), about a different topic. I'm not sure why it has been made into a duplicate of an existing article. Peter&#160;E.&#160;James (talk) 23:10, 1 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Public toilet. I’m adjusting my vote. I really do not see the necessity of a stub about “toilet rooms”. While it is true that separate “water closets” (which would be the more appropriate title for said stub anyway) and bathrooms (in the bathing context) are common throughout the world, there is nothing here that cannot be included in the main article at Toilet. RGloucester (talk) 15:11, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2012 July 2.  Snotbot   t &bull; c &raquo;  01:14, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect to public bathing which is the most direct context for this. Usage of bathroom to mean a water closet is a euphemism and so is best avoided. Warden (talk) 11:23, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect/Merge with Public toilet, which I feel is a better redirect. Roodog2k (talk) 15:43, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. &#9733;&#9734;  DUCK IS PEANUTBUTTER &#9734;&#9733; 20:59, 2 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Public toilet. This is a fork of that superior piece. There is probably not much to merge... This is absolutely different than public bathing, I believe the esteemed Colonel is wrong with that particular recommendation of a redirect target. Carrite (talk) 21:55, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Of course the Colonel knows that public bathing and public toilets are different things; this is implied by his comment. The point is that while in North American English the term "bathroom" is commonly used as a euphemism for a toilet, this euphemistic use of the term is not common elsewhere and actually often not even understood, such as in those areas where bathing rooms and toilet rooms are usually separate rooms. --Lambiam 23:00, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep and undo move from Toilet (room). As Peter E. James said, the repeated topic is the result of a move; This is the last pre-move version. Needs references and expansion, but a viable encyclopedic topic; the toilet is (sometimes) in a separate room in some countries and there is also the "powder room" for guests. I've half a mind to IAR and just do that, but it would make this discussion bewildering. Yngvadottir (talk) 04:06, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Move back to Toilet (room) per Yngvadottir. --Lambiam 06:38, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Disambiguate with Public toilet, public bathing, and Toilet (room) as possible sources, to avoid giving too much precedence to either American or British English. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:09, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I concur that this should direct to a disambiguation page, not a straight redirect to a target that American users would find silly. Carrite (talk) 02:23, 10 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep and revert per Yngvadottir, I think she has it exactly right. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  05:13, 10 July 2012 (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.