Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Proverb: A bird in the hand


 * 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. — Jaxl 17:35, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Proverb: A bird in the hand
This page deals solely with a single quote, namely, the proverb that "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." On this basis alone, it's the sort of thing generally discouraged here, but the content doesn't do it any favors. The page's content is simply the proverb, or something very similar to it, in several different languages. While that might be useful information to someone, it doesn't seem like the sort of thing that belongs in the English language Wikiquote (or, really, any of the other language Wikiquotes for that matter). &mdash;LrdChaos 14:48, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: delete (7 deletes, no dissent). -- Robert 17:35, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. &mdash;LrdChaos 14:48, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Concur with LrdChaos. In addition to being an unacceptable single-quote article, this can be viewed as another variation of adding every possible language to the translation section of a single quote in a proverbs page, which we've also nixed before. I can see the usefulness of such a page, but not every useful quote presentation system is practical for Wikiquote. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 18:50, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. 121a0012 02:09, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Koweja 04:04, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: Is this something that would be appropriate for Wikipedia, if you gave more information about the saying, in addition to listing the different translations & verisons? Koweja 04:04, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * This strikes me as an awfully narrow subject for an encyclopedia article, too, and would invite original research. But who knows? Maybe it could be done well. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 10:21, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. ~ UDScott 14:06, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. - InvisibleSun 23:13, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. -- Robert 12:38, 14 July 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.