Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teeth and tail

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 DELETE. Numerically, I know it's a no consensus so do-nothing. However, it's been demonstrated that the term is actually just wrong, and the deleters point that out, so to merge it would be inherently wrong: we might not be paper but we still don't wilfully carry misinformation. So this time, I'm going to let the more thorough research outweigh the numerics. -Splash^talk 23:02, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Teeth and tail

unverifiable. 202.156.6.60 11:31, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: It does appear from Google to be a bona fide military expression, though not as what the article currently says. No vote yet. The Land 11:44, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
• Maybe merge with military logistics or something along those lines? It's basically jargon, but could be worth a mention somewhere I think. I don't think outright delete, in any case. MC MasterChef 13:22, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

September 30th was an exceptionally busy AfD day. So this debate among several got almost no attention. Relisting in hope of some tender, loving debate this time around. -Splash^talk 00:00, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

• Merge with Military slang, in my opinion. But I also note, as per The Land, that the definition found in the article doesn't seem to match the usage I'm seeing elsewhere. Justin Bacon 00:23, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Misinformation with nothing salvageable. I doubt a rewritten article could be more than a dicdef anyway. --A D Monroe III 01:30, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
• Merge with Military slang --Rogerd 01:55, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. The correct military term is Teeth to Tail and is related to military logistics see [1].

It refers to the number of frontline troops (teeth) to the number of support personnel (tail). Capitalistroadster 02:57, 8 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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.