Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/An eye for an eye


 * 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. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:00, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

An eye for an eye
Page for a single quote. —LrdChaos (talk) 18:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: delete (6 deletes; 1 keep). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:00, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. —LrdChaos (talk) 18:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. ~ UDScott 19:18, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 20:59, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is not just a single quote. It's a well-known quote, and the page provides context and related quotations. --Ubiquity 21:56, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * We have a long-standing practice of rejecting articles designed to discuss a single quotable idea. Besides being far too specific a theme (especially when our theme articles are almost universally among the worst examples of unsourced, disorganized material in Wikiquote), they inevitably invite original research and unsourced discussions. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 04:32, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. - InvisibleSun 22:45, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per Jeff Q. Pages for single quotes, however well known, should be avoided. The subsidiary and derivative quotes could be added to theme page on Revenge. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 12:02, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Reluctant delete. This phrase is so well-known and has generated enough secondary literature that it could qualify as a theme of its own.  However, the general principle  noted by Jeffq is, at least for the moment, more important.  121a0012 16:07, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


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