Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Don't call the kettle black

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: keep. No consensus to delete at this time. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 22:08, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Don't call the kettle black


This essay is too simplistic to be useful and also seems to be politically incorrect especially in it's first paragraph which may cause offence: "Don't call the kettle black, especially if you yourself are a black pot. The kettle may or may not be black, but attacking it for its blackness will only draw attention to your own blackness, which in turn undermines your position." Atlantic306 (talk) 12:54, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * This essay sounds somewhat redundant to WP:Don't shoot yourself in the foot. I would merge the "Testing the limits" section there and redirect the title there. bd2412  T 14:56, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree with the above merge and redirect proposal Atlantic306 (talk) 15:53, 26 January 2018 (UTC)


 * "Simplistic": There is no need for this to be a fully developed policy.  It is a proverb that countless people have found useful in discussions over the years.
 * "Politically incorrect": There is no evidence that the proverb on which this essay is based has any racial dimension.  Pots and kettles become black because they get scorched.
 * "Redundant": This essay represents a different dimension of language from WP:Petard.  Many have found it useful.
 * I would keep. --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 17:27, 31 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep unproblematic essay. VQuakr (talk) 05:48, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
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