Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Love declaration

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 keep. Consensus has been established that subject is more than a dict def, and that it should be kept (non-admin closure) Sam Sailor ^Talk! 16:42, 4 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Love declaration

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Prod contested by original contributor, this is just a dictionary definition that is not suitable for an encyclopedia. There are no sources and I do not see how this can be expanded into a full article -- GB fan 16:16, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:40, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:40, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, Wikipedia is not a dictionary. I sort of doubt that this (or even "declaration of love") is encyclopedic. GAB^Hello! 20:56, 20 April 2016 (UTC) Keep - Alright, works for me. Could really do with some more expanding, though... might want to consider moving to "declaration of love." GAB^Hello! 22:13, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Here's a very good 21st-century source about the subject, and here's one from 1676. These cover the concept of a declaration of love, which is surely the more common term, not the phrase itself. These are just the sources that I could find in a few seconds rather than the results of comprehensive searches. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 09:44, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 09:44, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and improve perhaps or at least Draft if needed. SwisterTwister talk 05:19, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:01, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, an important cultural trope. 86.17.222.157 presents some good sourcing. Antrocent (♫♬) 19:16, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Move to Wiktionary. Not a dictionary. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 20:05, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No, this is not a dictionary, but what makes you think that this topic can only be a dictionary entry? 86.17.222.157 (talk) 21:02, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and expand, both in regards to cultural and historical backgrounds—there is for example an image of South Korean love-locks on the page, but the article doesn't say anything about it, and a lot of other cultures also have their own traditions regarding love declarations, plus of course the difference through the ages—and in regards to literature, where it is a well-known trope. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 21:18, 27 April 2016 (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.