Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Torchiere

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. — JIP | Talk 08:59, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Torchiere

Non-encyclopaedic, merge with Lighting Just zis Guy, you know? 11:03, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

• Comment. This is another one that was taken out of Britannica. I do believe there is a project to insert all articles from the 1911 edition and basically a lot of people would argue that if it was good enough for Britannica, (paper) then it's definitely good enough for Wiki.  freshgavinΓΛĿЌ  11:15, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

It might have been notable in 1911, but is it notable now? I have spent many hours in electrical wholesalers over the years and never heard this term! Maybe it's US-specific? It's just another type of uplighter, after all. Not that I diss Britannica, an old friend wrote the article on heating and ventilation for Britannica, but it does not seem to have much point as a standalone article. - Just zis Guy, you know? 11:37, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

If it was notable in 1911, then it can still be considered as historic. Sonic Mew | talk to me 15:36, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. Term widely used in US at least - I don't believe I ever heard it in the UK, though. Article needs cleanup including mention of geographical distribution of usage, but should be kept. —Morven 11:46, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep if only as 1911 Britannica entry, which gives it some worthiness I believe. --MacRusgail 11:51, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep: it was already an article and I merged the EB 1911 material with it. I have heard of this term before and own one of them. -- Kjkolb 12:24, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, tho' geo-range of term should get clarified--since neither I nor m-w.com (nor Wikipedia, for that matter) has heard of "uplighter", it seems in might be another AE/BE thing (tho' it may be spreading[1]), but what about CE? Anyway, as for current relevance (at least in the US) see here. 24.17.48.241 13:02, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
• OK, as nom. I accept this. I will put on my to-do list updating to include reference to alternate usage. - Just zis Guy, you know? 13:39, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. This word is very much in use in the US. - Sensor 00:00, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep well-known mass-market item, term in wide use. MCB 01:27, 22 October 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.