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 no consensus. — Jake Wartenberg 20:18, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominated for deletion once again: page holds little information of a doubtful nature which isn't worth salvaging for a merge with American and British English differences. See also the discussion here. Vadigor (talk) 16:20, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I don't understand, this article has never been nominated before, or am I missing something? Ikip (talk) 00:42, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agreed - there's no (1st nomination), and there's no deletion log entries. 81.111.114.131 (talk) 01:19, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I was confused as well, but from what I could make of the article's logs it had been put up for deletion before, although I couldn't find anything on AfD. Looking at it again, it seems that it was, in my opinion erroneously, tagged with WP:PROD by Silverxxx instead of nominated here. Snigbrook later removed that tag and proposed to merge it instead. My apologies for spreading my confusion here. Vadigor (talk) 20:17, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Without proper sources this article ends up being less than accurate, and the topic is already covered in American and British English differences. I would not make it a redirect to American and British English differences, but the title only could be redirected to List of auto parts. --Bejnar (talk) 16:52, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can't hold every possible difference in the languages on those other articles, so all things car related should be here. Also, a lot of it is for countries other than American and England. Dream Focus 02:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete and redirect to List of auto parts that seems a useful redirect. Smile a While (talk) 19:05, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep needs references but could be a really good article. I think a redirect is okay, if the material is merged, and the history is kept. Ikip (talk) 00:42, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep It isn't just a list of auto-parts, which could be merged into List of auto parts of course, but also terminology of things related to motorized vehicles. Not just showing the different names in various countries, but also the concept itself. Just needs references for each section. I'm going to go search for some now. Dream Focus 01:45, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, merge content, where accurate, to American and British English differences, redirect title to List of auto parts. Title is improvident for linguistic differences. This is not currently an article about car terminology. --Bejnar (talk) 03:52, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support Bejnar's excellent solution. Abductive (reasoning) 10:20, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Transwiki to wiktionary, as this is a glossary of a sort. 76.66.192.144 (talk) 07:18, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. There's at least 1 reference in the article already, and I beleive much more could be found. Most things listed in the article are common knowledge, so they hardly need any references. Netrat (talk) 14:40, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Do not redirect to List of auto parts because it is about English. Do not redirect to American and British English differences because that article is too long already. Also, it is not just British and American English but other varieties as well. Do not transwiki because it is a synthesis that would lose its meaning when split apart. However, a different title might be more appropriate. --Pgallert (talk) 16:58, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep if it "holds little information of a doubtful nature." (LOL) ~{8-)> -MBHiii (talk) 15:46, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep There are numerous car-related terms which are not parts such as understeer, MOT and chauffeur. Glossaries are well-accepted here per WP:MOSGLOSS. And the US and UK are not the only countries which have cars so there may well be other useful terms in Indian English &c. Colonel Warden (talk) 18:14, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Transwiki-This article seems to just be a collection of various dictionary entries. This article would be much better suited in the wiki project if it were over at Wiktionary, not merged into the "American and English differences" article. I also oppose deleting this article, as it is very useful imformation. Therefore, transwiki'ing is the best way to go in this case. --Scouto2 (talk) 20:27, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. While the article is in a poor state at the moment, it has potential and is quite informative. Should be renamed to: List of automotive terminology. OSX (talk • contributions) 16:09, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.