Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The writing on the wall

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The result of the debate was keep. Jitse Niesen (talk) 01:19, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

The writing on the wall
Nominated for speedy by User:Robdubar, but not a speedy candidate. I abstain. Meelar (talk) 18:19, July 11, 2005 (UTC) Don't take this off as it's really useful. The reason Wikipedia works is that it has so much information! 10:50, August 3, 2005
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a dictionary, right? (sorry bout the speedy delete thing; relative newbie) Robdurbar 18:21, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

P.S.-- To the stuffed shirt who mentioned that Wikipedia is not a dictionary... That's why we've got the Wiktionary, dumbass! Check it out, if you like you should prove my point the better! (unsigned personal attack by WAS)
 * Important comment: I discoved this article with a vfd tag on it - but, despite the above discussion, the nomination had not been listed here. I then re-wrote the article. Having done so, I discovered a shorter parallel article at Writing on the wall. I merged that article here as the phrase is seldom used without the definite article and never with the indefinite. I'm now listing this for completion. --Doc (?) 15:57, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep important Biblical episode it has linguistic and cultural importance --Doc (?) 15:57, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * keep, clearly. &mdash; brighterorange   (talk) 16:44, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep This episode is proverbial. Pilatus 16:57, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 21:28, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Decent enough article. Alf melmac 21:29, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Very important bible event which is often referred to proverbially. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:13, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep; proverbial/idiomatic phrases with an (illustrated!) article about them aren't dicdefs. Shimgray 16:56, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Hell, at this point I can't really do much to help the overwhelming majority, but since I've gotten here: it's got a lot of info on an episode which is often used in common, everyday talk. So I guess I just wrapped up the eight comments above. Keep, of course. WAS 00:11, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Very strong Keep; very common and important phrase and important Biblical passage influential in art, history, literature, politics, culture...my question is why delete it anyway? Seems like someone merely getting persnickety. As is said elsewhere on this site, "Wikipedia is not paper." The advantage of Wikipedia is being able to go from the broad view of a subject to a specific detail, but there seem to be a few who think it should be more oriented toward exclusionary highlights of subjects. That's not necessary here and defeats the purpose of the project, which is to create an encyclopedia far more thorough than any print version could be.
 * Gilesgoat 10:38, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep A very common phrase. I would venture that the origin of this saying is unknown to alot of people. Decent article. --PhilipO 19:03, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
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