Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skin up

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 redirect to spliff, with a redirect to wiktionary article on skin up in that article. - brenneman^{T}{L} 13:54, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Skin up

This describes a slang term for Spliff, which already has its own article. Additionally, Wikipedia is not a how-to guide. OhNoitsJamie^Talk 20:33, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

• It googles about 215K hits, so that's somewhat notable, but I don't think it needs its own article. Merge and redirect to Spliff.--み使い Mitsukai 20:45, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
• This was previously a soft redirect to the Wiktionary entry, instead of bringing it here, a revert might have been more appropriate. Redirect to Wiktionary entry. Peyna 20:46, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
• This article descibes many aspects of skinning up, related culture and useful advice. Give it some time for others to add to it.Jonty 22:32, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete perhaps a candidate for Wikibooks but not here. Maustrauser 04:35, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Skin up is not the same as Spliff. The spliff is the thing you smoke, to skin up is to make a spliff. (so I understand. I wouldn't know myself, of course! "Cough splutter"!) Jcuk 22:29, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

  Comment The issue is that the article consists of not much more than instructions (which violates WP:NOT) plus a few song titles and lyrics. The entry for Spliff already has links to "how-to" guides. The Spliff article notes that "Skin up" is a popular term in the U.K. for the act of creating a joint/spliff. The author of Skin up, User:Jonty303, seems primarily interested in looking for excuses to insert external links to his personal websites (losethegame.com, etc.). See [1] and User_talk:Jonty303. OhNoitsJamie^Talk 22:36, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

• The term is common in the UK, but this is a how-to. Vote delete and redirect to spliff. AndyJones 11:37, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, because Wikipedia is not a how-to, or a dictionary, or an indiscriminate collection of information. Well-written article, but just not the right kind of content for Wikipedia. Stifle 21:07, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or Rewrite - at the moment the text belongs to Wikibooks (if at all). An article is different from a HowTo. -- mkrohn 22:55, 24 February 2006 (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.