Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Studying

Delete Dict def. Burgundavia 22:59, May 17, 2004 (UTC)

Yup. Dicdef. - Lucky 6.9 23:11, 17 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly. Beelzebubs 23:14, 17 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Look how many pages link to it.
- What is a "dict def."? A specific type of definition that is only found in a dictionary? What would be a non-dictionary definition? Just say "definition".
- A definition is an association. How can you attempt to create an article without making any associations? You can't.
- Is it decided that this article will never be long enough? Why should length be the determining factor? The reason for the length is how precisely the subject can be defined. Is not a precise article shorter than a vague one? Does this mean that only vague subjects should be included?
  - Anyways there is a lot that can be added to this article.
- Is it because it's traditional to have a dictionary separate from an encyclopedia? Traditionalism is at its best a desire to protect useful and hard-won practices, and at worst a form of chauvinism for the past based on nostalgia. Is this a useful and hard-won practice? How so? Bensaccount 23:27, 17 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment: While a good encyclopedia article may begin with a definition, the community decided a long time back that it must eventually have something more. We have a dictionary and an encyclopedia with different rules, goals and usage. If you want to revisit the decision, the right place to bring it up is on the Village Pump, not here. Rossami 02:01, 18 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
Already in~~Move to~~ Wiktionary and delete. Also delete the redirects study and studies. Of the 11 pages linking to these 3, almost all refer to definitions not in the article. (2 refer to a mathematician with the last name of Study, 3 use "studies" to describe an academic discipline, not the act of studying, 1 "study" as a room, 1 "study" as a research effort, 1 "study" as a drawing, 1 yoga principle which I didn't really understand and 1 explicit discussion of the ambiguity of the term) With the exception of the mathematician, these links can be safely pointed to the Wiktionary definition. Rossami 02:01, 18 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. As it stands now this is just a dicdef. If you want to resubmit when you have a propper stub written up then go ahead. --Starx 03:41, 18 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, a valid stub. - SimonP 17:02, May 18, 2004 (UTC)
There is scope for a valid article on the musical study, which is a notable musical form. Quite happy to write it but not shure where... The Land 17:34, 18 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
- Study (music)? Rossami
The present form should be deleted, made a redirect to study which will probably be its own disambig. JFW | T@lk 23:28, 18 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]