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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 06:16, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Coal oil lamp[edit]

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Article states item is identical to a regular oil lamp. Prod removed by IP and replaced with redirect to coal oil, but that would be speediable, as an implausible typo. AfD seemed like the best option. Dweller (talk) 09:08, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment since it's not a typo, it's not speediable for that reason. Coal oil lamps use coal oil, the coal oil article talks about using coal oil for light, therefore, the coal oil article is an appropriate target. The other choice is to redirect it to kerosene lamp. 76.66.197.17 (talk) 05:27, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to coal oil or kerosene lamp. 76.66.197.17 (talk) 05:28, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Timotheus Canens (talk) 01:20, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I agree with Dweller's assessment. The first sentence of this stub contains only information that is redundant to Oil lamp#Fuel. The remainder appears to be original research. I disagree with 76.66.197.17's redirect proposals – if anywhere, the target should be the "Fuel" section of Oil lamp. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 02:29, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete "Coal oil lamps" in the U.S. burned kerosene {paraffin in UK). See [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] and [6] which clearly show they are the same. A redirect to Kerosene lamp would be in order. This article creates the false impression of a separate series of lamps and a separate distribution system existed for "coal oil" as opposed to kerosene. (The Coal oil article should be replaced also by a redirect to Kerosene, but that would be a separate AFD). Edison (talk) 19:28, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, redirect, and include a sentence about it in coal oil (if that is kept) and whatever it is redirected to. I think a redirect to kerosene lamp would be preferred, since the general consensus currently seems to be that coal oil and kerosene are synonymous. On the coal oil issue, I do not believe that it should be redirected, as - and I quote - "Coal oil is a term once used for a specific oil shale oil used for illuminating purposes" and is thus different from kerosene. That article could use some expansion saying exactly how it is different. Insorak ♫ talk 20:23, 5 January 2010 (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.