Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aisle

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

The result of the debate was KEEP Babajobu 02:04, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aisle

Why does 'aisle' deserve an encyclopedia entry? The material about church architecture might be moved to an article on that. RickReinckens 01:33, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

DELETE Should be in a dictionary, not an encyclopedia. Phaldo 03:01, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Transwiki and Cleanup - put in Wiktionary under "aisle." Schlockading 03:14, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete already in wiktionary Segv11 (talk/contribs) 06:52, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Transwiki -- WB 06:56, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep/Expand, the way it is now, it looks like it should be a wiktionary entry, but when it is expanded I see a lot of potential for valid and useful Art History and Architectural article. ArgentiumOutlaw 08:15, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep as per Above. But it needs a heckufa lot of work.... Jcuk 08:54, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete. I was going to vote a provisional "keep" to allow time for the article to be re-written and expanded, but I see that it's been here on Wikipedia for two and a half years already and it's still just a dicdef. If anyone feels strongly enough about keeping this they can work to expand it substantially (adding about history, significance, etc.) in the next few days and then message me and I'll change my vote. Blackcats 10:40, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
    • Strong Keep - I'm changing my vote, as this AFD has apparently motivated Jonathan de Boyne Pollard and some others to drasticly expand and improve this article such that it is now clearly encyclopedic and way more than a dicdef or anything suitable for Wiktionary. Way to go guys! Should be an obvious keep for everyone now. Blackcats
  • Keep excellent rewrite, compliments to those involved. - Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] AfD? 23:16, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Transwiki to Wiktionary and then merge with Church. Jamyskis Whisper, Contribs Germany 19:26, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - Becuase we do need it. --Kilo-Lima 17:28, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete since it's already on Wikitionary. Durova 20:09, 5 January 2006 (UTC)


KEEP -- I AM THE ONE WHO NOMINATED THIS. Before doing so I looked up "chair", for comparison. After nomination, someone added quite a bit. Although it is still fairly weak and needs additional reformatting work, my attitude is that the threshold for inclusion should be fairly low and I think it now at least comes up to the level of a legitimate stub.

I agree with ArgentiumOutlaw that this now should be expanded regarding things like Art History and Architecture. What are the oldest known examples of aisles? It should be mentioned that aisles often have signs designating the contents. Are the spaces between shelves in a library sometimes referred to as aisles? In dark places such as movie theaters, the edges of aisles are sometimes marked with rows of small lights. Etc. The wiktionary entry does not address any of those topics, nor should it. Those are proper topics for an encyclopedia article.

RickReinckens 05:52, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
STRONG KEEP When I originally nominated this it contained three sentences and two images of churches. At that point I was not willing to "adopt" it to fix it. Since Jonathan de Boyne Pollard expanded it I have adopted it. Basically, the entire article has been written after it was nominated for not having enough information to be in an encyclopedia.
RickReinckens 23:02, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Both the 1911 britannica and the catholic encyclopedia had articles on "Aisle".--Samuel J. Howard 06:42, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. If we needed a reason, Samuel J. Howard provided it. Cleanup and expand as necessary. Vegaswikian 00:25, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per rewrite since Afd nomination. -- JLaTondre 18:30, 7 January 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.