Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brayer

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The result of the debate was - kept - SimonP 03:02, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Brayer

Wiktionary already had an entry for Wiktionary:Brayer so I moved the contents of this article along with the relevant edit history to the Wiktionary article's talk page. The wiktionarians can do with the info what they like. I don't see this every becoming a meaningful article. Kevin Rector 20:06, Mar 18, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, already in Wiktionary. Megan1967 23:14, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep real things. Real things often have a history, methods and materials of construction, people who make them, people who use them, techniques with which they are used, asthetic considerations... Kappa 01:55, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. If Wiktionary has an article on lion, should we get rid of our article on lions. The article is currently a useful stub and the brayer is used in printmaking, linocut and collography. Given its uses, I am sure that the article can be expanded further. Capitalistroadster 06:58, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

While it's true that brayers are real things, that doesn't mean that the Wikipedia article about it is anything more than an dictionary definition. I sure hope that the inclusion criteria for the Wikipedia is more than being a noun. Kevin Rector 07:42, Mar 19, 2005 (UTC)

• Agree with Kevin's comment. So merge this into an article on some common application of brayers. Radiant_* 09:52, Mar 19, 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment The relevant criteria is not whether the article is currently a stub but whether the article can ever be expanded past that point. Im my view, this article can be. As the brayer is useful in a number of crafts it is difficult to merge. Capitalistroadster 15:36, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, can't think where it would merge. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:06, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)

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