Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gloss (disambiguation)

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 in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Keep. brenneman^(t)(c) 06:24, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gloss (disambiguation)

Completely unnecessary and useless disambiguation. No one's going to reach it unless they actually type "Gloss (disambiguation)" into the Search box. 24.17.48.241 07:23, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

• Keep No big deal now, but as new uses come up, it would be more useful. Gloss is not, and should not be a disambig page, so a link to this is reasonable, even though there's just one laternate meaning right now (that I know of). --rob 07:30, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
• Weak keep. This article is linked from the main gloss page. If there are more than two plausible articles with the term "gloss", the disambig should definitely stay and those articles should be added to this page. If there are only two, we might satisfy ourselves with changing the disambig header on the gloss article to point to the alternate one. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:32, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

That's how it was when I nominated it--no link from Gloss, which just linked directly to Gloss (material appearance)[1]. Now it seems fine. 24.17.48.241 08:20, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: There's now five uses, although only three would seem likely (lex,material,lip). So, that justifies a disambiguation page easily. The only question is whether to have Gloss or Gloss (disambiguation) be the disambig. Given, the large number of links directly to Gloss for the intendended meaning, I think the way things are now is fine. No changes are needed. --rob 07:43, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Thanks for finding the other uses, now it's a definite keep. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:46, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Gloss will be needed when people typed "gloss" to find something other than the main gloss and click the disambig.. -- WB 07:43, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, useful disambig, linked to from main search result Saberwyn 08:30, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, useful disambig, "gloss" has many unrelated meanings. — JIP | Talk 08:48, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. -- Captain Disdain 10:06, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Gloss is ambiguous. --JahJah 15:37, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Incredibly useful. --Jacquelyn Marie 16:05, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Useful and Gloss currently links to it. --Optichan 20:18, 20 October 2005 (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.