Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terra cotta (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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was MERGE to Terra cotta. -Splash talk 18:13, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Terra cotta (color)
All of the colour articles were subject to a blanket AfD here. This was closed as a delete all, although the talk page for that AfD was tabulated otherwise. VfU opted to undelete all the articles and give them seperate AfDs (see the bottom of VfU for my reasoning on this). So here they are. If you wish to make a blanket comment on these articles please copy paste your comment into each &mdash; do not expect the closer to extrapolate your intent in these exceptional circumstances. Thank you. No comment from me. -Splash talk 00:05, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and/or redirect to terra cotta, currently a very short article which should contain information on the color of the material and its use in art, architecture, and design for that very purpose. -- BD2412 talk 00:31, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * This shade looks much like red ochre to me. Here we see the problem: all these colour stubs are unreferenced 16-bit RGB triplets. Delete this one. Pilatus 00:55, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, if it's merely redirects (since there's nothing verifiable to merge), the RGB triplets would disappear, so that should not be a concern. -- BD2412 talk 01:03, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Also a notable color. Sometimes identified with PMS 160 or even PMS 174, but these are to dark. Go with Canada Post and say PMS 470 (or amongst the extended four digit set, PMS 7413). Note that Canada Post would stop working without the color terra cotta, see . Keep --Pjacobi 00:57, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, color of a thing. Gazpacho 01:08, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, or merge to terra cotta. Cursive 02:14, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect to terra cotta per BDA. Xoloz 05:33, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Redirecting would be pointless, as there are so few articles that link there.  Simply changing the link for the one article that links to Terra cotta (color) to Terra cotta would make much more sense and would help with future use of the term.  What I'm saying is that if there is nothing verifiable to merge and the page is simply going to be turned into a redirect, there would be little necessity for the page, as it is just more complicated to link to the redirect than it would be to link to the article it redirects to. -Nameneko 06:13, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirecting is also useful in preventing future accidental recreation of an article. Although it is much more likely someone would search without the qualifier, if they do, this will prevent them from being given the oh-so-tempting "write-me" redlink.  Besides, they're cheap. Xoloz 06:22, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. Redirect.  However, when merged, the color portion shouldn't go overboard.  We don't need information on "dark terra cotta" or "pale terra cotta" or "aquamarineish terra cotta with a hint of magenta-cyan", just the color "terra cotta".  -Nameneko 22:21, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * True story - one of the secretaries at my work came to my office to show me the choices of tile she might put in her patio, and she said, "I'm between the red and the terra cotta" and I jumped up from my chair and went, "Aha!" - she must've thought I was crazy. -- BD2412 talk 01:54, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with terra cotta and redirect. Do not keep as a separate article. Jonathunder 07:05, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep or at least merge & redirect as per above Anetode 07:26, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect with Terra Cotta per BD. --Cel e stianpower hablamé 08:31, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete last time around I said merge if sourced, but there is still no source --TimPope 16:44, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete to prevent re-creation. MCB 00:48, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect; do not keep as a separate article. Sliggy 11:48, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Silly, meaningless color articles--Sean Jelly Baby? 21:15, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect and sensibly merge to terra cotta. -Sean Curtin 00:08, 2 October 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.