Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Churchkey

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. Johnleemk | Talk 10:52, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Churchkey

the term fails the google test. It is probably made up crap. On top of that, it is badly written, it is an orphan article and has almost none information --Mecanismo 21:40, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

• You're kidding me, right? You've never heard of a churchkey? Some people call them bottle openers. While it's a real term, it's hardly a topic for an encyclopedia article. So I'll vote delete. You can call me Al 21:48, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
  • FYE, here's one I found from WWII http://mpmuseum.org/ww2equipment/ww2personal/churchkey.jpg . I also direct the nominator to Bottle opener which has a redirect from Church key. I'll change my vote to redirect to Bottle opener. You can call me Al 21:52, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
    • That picture is not of the type of device described in this article. Uncle G 02:07, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
    • I don't believe that a spelling mistake is a candidate for a redirection. Therefore I believe that a delete is the best action to be taken --Mecanismo 22:32, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
      • You should, because it is, especially if an editor has been so sure of the spelling that xe has created an entire article at the title. Uncle G 02:06, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect. Commonly spelled as one word, User:Mecanismo. Besides, our rules on redirects explicitly say that redirects from common spelling mistakes are a good idea in any case. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 23:40, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect. Regionalism. Durova 00:05, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• The device described in this article is not a bottle opener. A bottle opener opens bottles. Although a "church key" is one particular type of bottle opener, this church key is a device that opens tin cans, and is nothing to do with bottles. Take a look at the picture that the article links to. It is even distinct from a can opener, as a church key is used for opening tin cans in an entirely different way to the way that a can opener opens cans, and is generally used on rectangular cans, where can openers are usually unwieldy. Keep. Uncle G 02:06, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Infernal Exploder blew up on me before I could get back to this. The object described is indeed for opening tins of food, not a bottle opener. But such tins are pretty rare nowadays and "churchkey" or "church key" are almost always references to a type of bottle opener. So I'll change my vote once again to Keep, expand, and disambiguate. (Certainly a better picture could be found. Something like http://www.medseafood.it/Upload/MSE/immagini/big/Scatolette%20di%20sardine_big.jpg) You can call me Al 14:24, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Crypticfirefly 06:12, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

• Speedy redirect --Elliskev 18:44, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, it is quite okay. Stifle 21:04, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

• Merge with can opener, bottle opener, or both. B.Wind 00:14, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep or Transwiki to Wiktionary. The term churchkey (space or no) is near-universal in some parts of the United States. Haikupoet 04:46, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect will do. Scoo 07:44, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Please give some thought before calling something made-up crap and resorting to AfD. -- JJay 01:16, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - This is the real deal. Used in various militaries as it's cheaper to manufacture, much smaller to carry around, and if you know how to use it right, it's faster than a regular can opener ... better for eating sardines while taking incoming fire. --Cyde Weys _talk^contribs 16:45, 13 December 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.