Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/YBP

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Golbez 08:20, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] YBP

Dictionary definition. Transwiki to Wiktionary. -- Pablo D. Flores 14:50, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Should this even be transwikied? -- BD2412 ^talk 15:46, 2005 Jun 9 (UTC)
• Delete: Simply a redundant TLA. You have to already know what it is to ask what it is. Geogre 18:40, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete no reason to keep it. -Mariano 07:50, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)
• Comment: Wikipedia has pages for Anno Domini and Common Era, with appropriate redirection at BC, AD, BCE, and CE. Also, the notation YBP appears in some Wikipedia articles, for example Population bottleneck, Laysan, and Bering land bridge. I suggest that if we allow its usage in our articles, we should have an article on it just like we do for related abbreviations. At the least, it should redirect to Common Era, which should then mention the term. Conversely, if we don't have an article on it, we shouldn't use it in other articles. So far, Wikipedia:Manual of Style doesn't take a position on this issue, that I can see. —Triskaideka 14:28, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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