Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Child stealing

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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 but move to child abduction Dunc|☺ 15:41, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Child stealing

This is not an encyclopedic term, it's 2 words put together. Information about child stealing should be put into the proper termed articles such as Abduction or Kidnapping. The Child stealing isn't worth an article. Elfguy 8 July 2005 12:58 (UTC)

  • Clearly it has a stupid title, stealing is not abduction (we generally do not consider children to be property or slaves); but Move to child abduction (which is currently a redirect to "child stealing", and keep as a particularly nasty form of abduction. Dunc|☺ 8 July 2005 13:04 (UTC)
  • Cleanup I do not think it should be moved "child stealing" gets 10,000 hits on Google, so clearly it is a widely used term. Also, the original meaning of kidnapping (i.e. "kid nabbing") should be explained. -Harmil 8 July 2005 14:40 (UTC)
  • Rename to child abduction. Dcarrano July 8, 2005 17:07 (UTC)
  • Keep and move per Dunc. Yes, child stealing gets 10,000 hits on Google; but child abduction gets 264,000. In the battle of the synonyms, the wider use wins. -- BD2412 talk July 8, 2005 17:14 (UTC)
  • Keep and move per Dunc. I was thinking that when I saw he beat me too it. Falphin 8 July 2005 19:42 (UTC)
  • Keep and move per above. The article should have a title that reflects the most common terminology.Tobycat 8 July 2005 23:46 (UTC)

I always heard it as kidnapping or child abudction, but not as child stealing. Keep and move as per the others. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 9 July 2005 00:30 (UTC)

Redirect to Child abduction. Add links (see also, or what-have-you) from both Abduction and Kidnapping to wherever it ultimately ends up. RoySmith 23:49, 9 July 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.