Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chrome paint

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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 was a clean redirect (no deletion of history). As noted in the discussion towards the end of this page, pending expansion of the Paint article, this could be merged there. In the meantime, I've redirected the article, so that if/when the merge happens, the history is intact for GFDL purposes. Daniel 09:45, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chrome paint

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article about a paint color that is a dicdef at best. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 21:53, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Speedy Delete under CSD A3. It's little more than a definition. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:15, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. It is a stub, but it can be potentially expanded into a real encyclopedia article. There can be more about chrome paint than a definition; for example, an encyclopedic article could answer questions such as how it is made, how much is produced and consumed, who invented it, what uses does it have besides graffiti, etc. --Itub 09:52, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
    Hmm, at best this should go under the other paints. Maybe I lack imagination, but I don't see much room for expansion. The making of and uses of chrome paint can be covered under paint. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 13:07, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Transwiki to wiktionary, unless a complete rewrite is done. (How it is made, how it differs from other paint. The qualities it has that make it good for taggers,etc.)jonathon 23:47, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Why such a hurry? This stub is a few days old. Most articles start as stubs and are later expanded. Or are we to delete all newly-created articles that are not of featured article quality? :-) --Itub 08:51, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
    The issue is not the size of the article, but the notability of the subject. Once again, I don't see how this subject is strong enough for its own article. There would be too much overlap with paint. That article could use some expansion. No, we don't delete non featured articles. Most articles do start as stubs, but where is the potential for expansion here? You ask a number of intriguing questions that would make the article expandable. However, how is the information not suitable for inclusion in paint? Of all the colors paint comes in, what makes chrome special enough for its own article? This is the question. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 14:22, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
  • I yield. I still think an article is conceivable, albeit unlikely, but you make a good point about the overlap with paint and with all the other possible colors. If paint gets expanded to the point that it has a section on chrome paint, and that section becomes substantial, the article could be spun off. In the meantime, it's probably OK to delete or redirect. --Itub 18:41, 13 October 2007 (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.