Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Women in the funeral industry


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The result was   nomination withdrawn by nominator after page improvement. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:52, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Women in the funeral industry

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This article purports to be about "Women in the funeral industry" but is largely about the funeral industry in general, with a few mentions of women's role in the industry, and serves largely as a WP:COATRACK for a WP:Content fork of the article about Caitlin Doughty. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:17, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:32, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:32, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:40, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:43, 5 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Wow, that's one of the most egregious examples of WP:COATRACK I've seen in some time. Question is, if we just cut all the Caitlin Doughty crap out of the article, do we have a bona fide main article on women in the death care trade? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:43, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * If I had thought so, I would have made that edit, but I just don't think there's enough there there. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:12, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and cut the three big passages that were promoting Doughty in one way or another, or simply off topic. Also, the 20th century section was meant to be 19th. Have a look and see if this is a passable if brief history article. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:20, 5 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Withdrawn After some careful pruning and reorganization, I think we have a usable article here. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:35, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Me too. But we'll need to be careful about article creator User:Pinkpanda21 -- possibly Doughty herself -- trying to restore material on her/herself. As she has done even during this latest series of edits. I daresay we may need to start issuing more warnings and keep a watch for sockpuppet edits, too. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:38, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, has rightly placed a globalize tag on it. How about we move the page to History of women in death care in the United States? It would address Joe's concern, better define that this is a history article and reflect that, for better or worse, Death care industry is the main article and category. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:41, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay, we have a problem, here. She has just created Women in the North America Funeral Industry as a way to restore the photo and its Doughty-related caption, I think. I'm going to redirect and issue a 2nd level warning. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:44, 5 December 2016 (UTC)


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