Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hydric

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The result of the debate was - redirected - SimonP 15:15, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hydric

This was kinda hanging around in CSD as a transwikied dicdef. Current content is "Hydric, the opposite of xeric. Refers to a wet ecosystem.". Can't really think of any potential to be an article, but no vote. Kappa 22:14, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Adjective → noun redirect to whichever biome is the most appropriate. Uncle G 22:32, 2005 Mar 19 (UTC)
• Redirect to Hydrogen. Hydric essentially means "containing hydrogen". Megan1967 06:21, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• The current version is immediately deletable as the uncompleted last step of a successful transwiki. However, Megan's suggestion is probably better. Redirect. Rossami (talk) 06:24, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • I really don't like the way anyone can get any article deleted without debate just by adding a wiktionary tag. Kappa 09:26, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • Comment: The point is that it's not deleted, it has been moved. Moves are reversible and do not destroy history. If a transwiki turns out to be controversial, it can be reverted by any reader/editor. The "deletion at the end of the transwiki process" is an artificial artifact of the mechanics of a pagemove across the Wikipedia/Wiktionary boundary. Rossami (talk)
      • How is it reversible? By VfU? Kappa 02:02, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC) Oh ok, anyone can transwiki manually. Seems like a lot of hard work though, especially if the other guy is using a bot. Kappa 02:17, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • Actually it's the addition of a speedy-deletion tag that gets an article deleted without debate (even though "already exists on Wiktionary" isn't a speedy-deletion criterion), as both you and I have been attempting to counteract. The fact that some articles have had {{move to Wiktionary}} affixed to them for years is ample evidence that the addition of that tag does not get an article deleted at all, either with or without debate. Uncle G 07:32, 2005 Mar 21 (UTC)
      • Rossami's interpretation is that deletion is "the last step in a successful transwiki". That's also my interpretation, it says "move" not "copy". I've seen plenty of things show up in WP:CSD tagged with "transferred to wiktionary or something like that, and they got deleted. Kappa 09:32, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
        • Comment: This is probably bigger than one deletion vote. Let's move the discussion to talk. Rossami (talk) 22:43, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• I have run across the use of hydric to mean a wet ecosystem in the context of mine reclamation. --Smithfarm 12:16, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Borderline delete as present version. Could theoretically be an article, but this is a dicdef - David Gerard 18:59, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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