Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bummel

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

The result of the debate was moved to Three Men on the Bummel. Robert 22:57, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bummel

I doubt this word is notable enough by itself to warrant its own article. I can't find on Google that this word is used by anyone outside the context of the mentioned book or by its author. All in all, its just a dicdef with a quote. orioneight (talk) 19:07, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. - orioneight (talk) 19:07, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Move to Three Men on the Bummel. Or merge and redirect to Three Men in a Boat. Or merge and redirect to Jerome K. Jerome. I love that book, even more than Three Men in a Boat. Any cyclists here? I can't promise to clean it up immediately, but I think it's an article-worthy book. And I think Bummel should redirect to it until and unless anyone finds any need for disambiguation. Dpbsmith (talk) 21:28, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Move to Three Men on the Bummel per above, add at least basic details about the book. (And link to it on Project Gutenberg.) Note: Bummel itself seems to be a German word, which Jerome borrowed in essentially its original sense. Ilmari Karonen 21:41, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Yeah, introduction to my print copy (1937 Everyman's) says "The title must be puzzling to many readers, for 'bummel' will not be found in English dictionaries." It's not in American Heritage. Merriam-Webster Unabridged has it only as a Scotch-derived word meaning "bumble." Jerome's book obviously did not popularize the word. The first American addition was entitled Three Men on Wheels. Dpbsmith (talk) 22:44, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
Heaven knows why, Tonywalton  | Talk 22:58, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
Because it's about a bicycle trip and bicycles were informally called "wheels." Actually it had occurred to me to suggest moving this to "Three Men" in hopes that a well-known move vandal would come along and finish the job. Dpbsmith (talk) 00:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
Yes, it's a perfectly good German noun and associated verb (see the Leo dictionary entry for "Bummel". Merge to Jerome K. Jerome and Weak Keep this article as a redirect, going by the precedent of the Boot (disambiguation) page containing a mention of Das Boot. Tonywalton  | Talk 22:58, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Since the new content by Dpbsmith is a perfectly good article about the book Three Men on the Bummel, I HAVE BEEN BOLD and have moved the page. I hope I have not been too presumptuous. If people here want to continue to discuss the fate of the original page (Bummel), feel free to do so. Otherwise I believe this issue could now be closed. Ilmari Karonen 20:44, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

  • I have also removed the AfD notice from the moved page, since it would only serve to confuse readers. Ilmari Karonen 20:54, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
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