Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scale-and-platt


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The result was redirect to Stairs.  Sandstein  20:08, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Scale-and-platt

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Dic def. Unsourced since 2007. Coin945 (talk) 11:47, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 12:02, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  13:55, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge, with Stairs. There are definitely sources out there, but there is no need for a separate article. SailingInABathTub (talk) 13:51, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
 * At most redirect to Stairs, no merge, unless someone can demonstrate that this is anything other than an archaic Scots term for a standard straight staircase. Staircases are ubiquitous everywhere in the world and throughout all of history, and it isn't as if Scottish staircases have a unique design never seen elsewhere; if I'm going to persuaded that this is anything other than a synonym I'd at minimum expect to see both a non-Scottish source, and a source less than 50 years old, using the term. I'm unconvinced even a redirect would serve any useful purpose—nobody is going to search for "Scale-and-platt" rather than "Stairs"—but redirects are cheap. There's a much more lengthy comment from me in this thread on my talk, which I won't copy across to here so as not to overwhelm the AfD debate. &#8209; Iridescent 18:01, 18 May 2021 (UTC)


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