Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Burgage

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The result of the debate was withdrawn by nominator following rewrite. Neutrality^talk 05:07, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

Dictdef. Has already been transwikied to Wiktionary. RickK 05:49, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

• Comment. I don't understand the policy of VfD based on "dictdef" when it's allready been marked a stub. A stub is, by nature, very limited and would appear as a dictdef. Is there a reason why Burgage could not be an encyclopedia article in the future, with a stub for now? Is that not what stubs are for? Stbalbach 06:06, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
  • There are two answers for you. One is that a stub, generally, is longer than a dictionay definition (see Wikipedia:The perfect stub article). The other is that "dictdef" on a vfd page often implies that the nominator feels the article has little potential for expansion. This varies based on the nominator--some feel that dictdef-length articles should be removed wholesale, others that we should slap them with {{expansion}}. No vote. HTH, Meelar (talk) 06:10, May 7, 2005 (UTC)
    • Keep. It's now a full stub. There is a Burgage entry in Encyclopedia Britannica.Stbalbach 06:59, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
      • Nice expansion. Kappa 07:04, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, encyclopedic topic and an important historical concept in tenure. Should be expanded to cover history of use. Kappa 06:37, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
• OK, keep the rewrite. RickK 07:43, May 7, 2005 (UTC)
  • concur with RickK. Neutrality^talk 05:05, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

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