Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Washing disheartening

This page is an archive of the discussion surrounding the proposed deletion of the page entitled Washing dishes.

This page is kept as an historic record.

The result of the debate was unclear. The admin (Cyrius) evaluating the vote made a judgement call and replaced the article with the rewrite from Talk:Washing dishes.

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• Weird article, I'd say it's nonsense... Maybe this can be turned into an actual article if completely rewritten, but would that worth anything? -- Kieff 07:37, May 13, 2004 (UTC)
• Not encyclopedical but funny. Move to Wikipedia:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense -- Kpalion 07:43, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
• Well, this is not the place for tutorials. In favour of keeping only if it's made encyclopedic. Otherwise, BJAODN. -- Jao 09:55, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
• I sure got a laugh out of it. This is prime stuff for BJAODN. - Lucky 6.9 16:11, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. OK, I'll probably get rolled for this, but it seems to me the problem may just be style. It's certainly not news style. But the topic is OK, the material is there, and I'm in two minds about the style. Maybe we should lighten up a little? Provided that the material is well presented? In either case keep, if you don't like the style refactor it. Andrewa 17:40, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
• Well, I got a huge kick out of it. I'd say move this to BJAODN. However, I must agree with Andrewa--there is something encyclopedic to say about this: the history of dishwashing, various methods, sterilization concerns, camping, etc. Keep if rewritten, and move to dishwashing. Meelar 18:15, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
• Ha. Funny. Delete. BJAODN. --Beelzebubs 22:30, 13 May 2004 (UTC).
• Keep and place on Wikipedia:Pages_needing_attention. For what it's worth, I've tried rewriting it in a less breezy style, keeping the facts and skipping the commentary. The result is in Talk:Washing_dishes. I don't much like either the original or my rewrite though. Dpbsmith 23:41, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
• Good stuff. I suppose it's encyclopedic, as an activity common to members of society. Would enjoy seeing dishwashing in the media, societal associations of dishwashing, etc. etc.. Rhymeless 23:52, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
• ROFL. Saw the debate, didn't read the article closely until now. Whoever wrote that should be working for The Onion. Still, this isn't an encyclopedia article. Isomorphic 23:59, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
• Keep the version on Talk:Washing_dishes and note it on Wikipedia:Pages_needing_attention - it could easily become encyclopedic. - TB 08:21, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
• Hmmm. Actually, I found it pretty funny. Seriously, it would be valid to have info on dish sanitation, etc. An article on dish cleaning should include info on water temperatures, act of soaps/detergents in lysing bacteria, the use of bleach or other disinfectants in a sterilizing bath, etc. jaknouse 14:34, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
• Delete unless someone wants to rewrite it from scratch. Everyking 19:08, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
• Comment/Keep/RewriteThe article as written needs to be kept somewhere. Maybe the talk page or a link off the main text. And it does need to be rewritten in an encyclopedic style(as boring as that is).
• Yeah, keep the Talkpage version. DS 22:38, 17 May 2004 (UTC)
• A very fine piece of work. I feel much more confident now - I no longer fear approaching the sink. It was also very thoughtful of the author to warn children of the dangers of water which is very hot. Youngsters are just so forgetful these days!! And turning containers upside down so they can drain? Fascinating! I have to recommend deletion or BJAODN, though, for two reasons, First, the article is written from a first person perspective, which is a huge encyclopaedic non-non, and the author also committed the act of writing YES!. For this there is no forgiveness. Denni 06:27, 2004 May 18 (UTC)

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