Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Proverbs pages


 * 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: delete all. BD2412 T 22:15, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Proverbs pages
Disputed PRODs - these proverbs pages do not have any sources. This nomination includes the following pages: Bauernregeln (humorous), Basque Proverbs, Afghan proverbs, and Pashto proverbs. — UDScott 13:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 14:00, 4 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete, unless properly sourced proverbs are provided. ~ UDScott 13:30, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Truly famous proverbs are actually easy to source in notable printed works. Collections of unsourced materials purporting to derive from oral traditions are just magnets for made-up stuff and non-proverbial curiosities because "if it ain't cited, it ain't a quote." ~ Ningauble 15:35, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: the project I have been working on to import quotes from Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations has a fairly lengthy collection of sourced proverbs, currently residing at Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations/Proverbs. Cheers! BD2412 T 17:36, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * One could readily assemble hundreds, nay thousands, of pages from venerable collections such as that one. Eventually, the English proverbs article will need to be partitioned and, rather than pagefulls of proverbs, I think it would be best to parcel them out to pertinent theme articles. Eventually.... ~ Ningauble 18:21, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * It might be useful to note, then, that there is a section on the Hoyt's page with quotes about proverbs. I would propose that we move the existing page Proverbs to Book of Proverbs, to match the Wikipedia title, then move the material about proverbs to the title, Proverbs, and add a note indicating that individual proverbial statements can be found on the corresponding theme page for whatever subject matter it is that the proverb addresses. BD2412 T 19:18, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I like that idea of using "Proverbs" as a theme page like Aphorisms. ~ Ningauble 15:50, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Good. That part is done, and the actual proverbs sourced to Hoyt's remain at Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations/Proverbs, to be dealt with another day. BD2412 T 18:14, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete nominated pages as unsourced. BD2412 T 18:14, 30 December 2011 (UTC)