Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mugging (mugging for exam)

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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 Redirect. to Cramming. Nothing here can be usefully merged. First line is acceptable for Wiktionary if someone wants to put it there, but a transwiki shouldn't be necessary for one line. CitiCat ♫ 04:43, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mugging (mugging for exam)

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This article is about the term "mugging" as used in Singapore to refer to last-minute studying, which is better known in the United States as cramming. I submitted the article for WP:PROD, but the PROD tag was removed. The article looks more like a dictionary definition than an encyclopedia article, and Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Cram is a disambiguation page, and Wikipedia doesn't seem to have an article about this studying process in general, so there is no clear target for a redirect (study skills seems to be closest, and it's not that close). I recommend a delete. --Metropolitan90 05:51, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak keep Cramming certainly deserves an article, I would suggest creating a stub for that and merging this into it. Wl219 05:59, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak delete - Rote learning is already listed on the disambiguation page; I think that is mildly sufficient. — xDanielx T/C 06:08, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep but Merge with Cramming or Cram school. We defiantly need an article on is. There are questions that need to be answered, like the effectiveness of cramming, methods of cramming, effect on statistics of exams (etc) that should be added to the wiki (with sources of course) - Fosnez 07:03, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak delete for now. I wish we had a better article, say studying, than study skills, which is essentially a how-to. I think this could be a redirect, but I'm not thrilled with it -- maybe move to mugging (studying) or something similar first. --Dhartung | Talk 07:08, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Update - I created a short Cramming (memorization) article and updated the disambiguation page to add the article link. Though some of the information is trivial, I think this can definitely be expanded to a mid-sized article. I'd like to replace Mugging (mugging for exam) with a redirect, but I don't want to remove the AfD tag so I'll hold off. I hope this isn't too bold; if anyone disagrees with the arrangement please let me know. — xDanielx T/C 09:17, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete There's no indication that anyone even uses the "mugging" term in this way. Back when I was in college, kids used that term for kissing. And I've heard it used to describe the act of taking other people's belongings while holding them at gunpoint in a dark alley. xDanielx's Cramming (memorization) article is everything we could want, and we have no verifiable reason to include the word mugging in it.OfficeGirl 10:06, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete yes this is a correct description of a British English usage of mugging, but it's a dictionary definition of a colloquialism, and as such does not belong here. Guy (Help!) 10:44, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Or at least merge with Cramming as per Fosnez. I've certainly heard the term used in the UK. Seems valid to me. Marcus22 18:26, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and Merge This is just cramming, I'd put what isn't already there into cramming. As a high school student, I've never heard of that term, only cramming. Yamakiri on Firefox 22:49, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, merge, redirect. This is the exact same subject as the new cramming article, and cramming is a more common term. It is a distinct and widespread phenomenon that almost certainly has lots of sources, not just a dictionary definition. Wikidemo 04:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Transwiki to Wiktionary, Wikipedia is not a dictionary. JIP | Talk 08:32, 11 September 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.