Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Everyday Questions
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This is not an encyclopedia article.RSM 07:35, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Comment: Hmm... any worthy topic included here is likely to have its own article, meaning this page will only duplicate information we already have specific articles on. With the proper format, I could see this being an interesting article... Ohhhh... Undecided. If kept, it will probably need a different name. I would never have searched for "Everyday questions." SWAdair | Talk 10:03, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Comment: This is really close to the proposed Wikitrivia. I love the idea of the article. It needs, however, to be done more for the novice users' benefits and made notable to all Wikipedians, so that folks contribute readily & new users find it easily. Geogre 13:25, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Delete. Not a useful organizing principle for an article. Is this basically the same topic as David Feldman's "Imponderables" books (Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? How Do Astronauts Scratch an Itch: An Imponderables Book (Imponderables Book); When Do Fish Sleep? And Other Imponderables of Everyday Life; Do Elephants Jump? (Imponderables Book))? All together now, in four-part harmony:
Tell me why the stars do shine,
Tell me why the sky is blue,
Tell me what makes the ivy twine,
And I will tell thee why I love you.
Fusion reactions make the stars shine,
Rayleigh diffusion makes the sky blue,
Auxins and tropisms make the ivy twine,
Gonads and hormones are why I love you.
Dpbsmith 22:21, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- if Wikipedia were a paper encyclopedia, this kind of article would find a home in a bonus volume for the kiddies. It's an interesting approach but doesn't work as an article. Summarizing / paraphrasing other articles is not a good idea either. There might be potential for a List of Common Conundrums though. Ianb 22:41, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- This topic is not cohesive enough to merit a separate article of its own. Delete. Psychonaut 23:57, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Rename everyday questions to list of everyday questions, which should have only links to relevant articles. E.g., "Why is the sky blue? See: Rayleigh scattering. Chicken/egg? See: paleontology." Etc. Fwiw, Wile E. Heresiarch 02:16, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)Revised vote below. Wile E. Heresiarch 00:15, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)- Delete. Anyone looking for those answers will search for those questions. This article adds nothing to the encyclopedia. It is just another overhead page needing maintenance. Rossami 22:56, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Agreed. Delete. Wile E. Heresiarch 00:15, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
