Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whirligig (torture)

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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The result was Keep - nomination withdrawn on discovery of sources and only "delete" was for lack of verification. Yomanganitalk 23:14, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Whirligig (torture)

As it stands this is unsourced speculation. No google hits for this use of the term. Please remove another apparently made-up 'torture' from Wikipedia. The Land 13:12, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Nomination withdrawn since an acceptable source has come to light. The Land 21:15, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, see [this link]. MoRsE 13:24, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment www.torture-museum.com is a website with an alexa ranking of 1,775,303, which makes it highly unlikely that it counts as a reliable source. It's basically someone's personal website. This article would need to meet Wikipedia:Verifiability to be kept, so we need a better source than that. --Xyzzyplugh 14:02, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, not verifiable. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 15:13, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment After further search I found a publication from the Oxford Journal's "Notes and Queries" called "Whirligig as instrument of punishment", you can read the document via the Athens service or as a pay per view article. I also found the definition in the Websters 1913 edition. MoRsE 16:32, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
Aha, a verifiable source! In that case I withdraw the nomination! Many thanks. The Land 21:15, 26 September 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.