Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:List of English contractions

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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. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 00:35, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:List of English contractions


This page pointlessly duplicates en:Wiktionary:Category:English_contractions. It only seems to be used by a "see also" link in WP:MOSABBR, which I just changed to link to the Wiktionary page, and a couple of redirects. —&#123;&#123;u&#124;Goldenshimmer&#125;&#125;&#124;✝️&#124;ze/zer&#124;😹&#124;T/C&#124;☮️&#124;John15:12&#124;🍂 20:26, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
 * WT:Manual of Style has been notified of this discussion. — Godsy (TALK CONT ) 04:17, 10 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment – I created the page, but I don't remember exactly why. I haven't been active with the page or WP:MOSABBR in a long while. As far as I can remember, the original point of the page was to list the most common contractions with notes on whether or how they should be used in articles. That's not pointless and certainly doesn't double up with a Wiktionary category. M.Clay1 (talk) 23:48, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
 * That would certainly be a useful page, and I would support keeping such a page... right now it's just a rather sloppy, mostly unsourced list of definitions (which Wiktionary does better), and doesn't really talk about how they should be used. Maybe it needs a makeover and some TLC? —&#123;&#123;u&#124;Goldenshimmer&#125;&#125;&#124;✝️&#124;ze/zer&#124;😹&#124;T/C&#124;☮️&#124;John15:12&#124;🍂 21:08, 13 March 2017 (UTC) edited —&#123;&#123;u&#124;Goldenshimmer&#125;&#125;&#124;✝️&#124;ze/zer&#124;😹&#124;T/C&#124;☮️&#124;John15:12&#124;🍂 21:09, 13 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep. No reason to delete. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:33, 13 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep – A useful and functional page, as evidenced in part per the 38,232 page views this has received in the last thirty days. North America1000 03:52, 15 March 2017 (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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.