Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Turkette

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The result was Delete. (aeropagitica) 13:07, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Turkette

Seems to be a neologism of some sort; google search for turkette napkin gets 5 hits, none relevant. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 17:24, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. We don't need an article on everything on Wikipedia. Besides, it's non-notable...and it's a napkin. --  Nishkid64  ^Talk _Contribs  17:37, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep if a source can be found -- I didn't know those things had a name! See Aglet. NawlinWiki 18:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • I've only ever heard them called napkin rings, personally, and in addition to the aforementioned search done by the nominator no dictionary that I have lists any such word as "turkette". Uncle G 21:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Unsupportive Google hits and no sources listed. Wickethewok 19:51, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Per WP:V as far as the name is concerned, and as to the thing itself, if there's anything encyclopedic to be said about it, it's not in this article. I think we do not need an encyclopedia to tell us that paper napkin rings "come in many different colours" and are held together by glue. And as to them being "generally 4 inches by 1 inch" in size, well, according to who? Utter twaddle. Sandstein 21:10, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• At best this is a rename to napkin ring. As Sandstein points out, the article needs severe attention to eliminate original research and to actually base it upon sources. The answer to the question of whether there is scope for encyclopaedia coverage of napkin rings is "Yes, there definitely is.". It belongs either standalone in napkin ring or merged from there into napkin. Uncle G 21:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • I completely agree that an article could be written on napkin rings. But I don't see the value in preserving any of the text here, obviously written off the top of someone's head, and more than likely with with a simply made-up name. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 22:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment:I think the spelling of this small piece of American domestic culture is "torquette! Giano | talk 06:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

as explained here [1] as................"hence the name torquette, which relates to the winding of rope" The google hits for turckette are not really relevant to the napkin at all. A torquette is obviously a piece of binding hence the term could theoretically be used as a napkin ring Giano | talk 13:10, 29 August 2006 (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 article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.