Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shackle (unit)

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. If anyone would like to see the deleted content in order to improve the Wiktionary article on "Shackle" please just let me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:08, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shackle (unit)

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Per WP:NOTDICTIONARY -War wizard90 (talk) 05:04, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. -War wizard90 (talk) 05:04, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: The term "shackle" was used -- this site [1] gives a plausible description, listing two different lengths. It should be mentioned in the article fathom. There is no content here worth merging as such, but there should be a dab for "shackle" with a link. I am desperately busy at the moment, or I would do this, but can I suggest that the way to get rid of worthless Cardarelli articles is to do the tidying up first, so the article is clearly not needed, then AfD. Imaginatorium (talk) 06:21, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Noted: I will do my best from now on to add relevant dab's, etc. before nominating for AfD. -War wizard90 (talk) 06:37, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I just went to add a dab at Shackle (disambiguation), but it is already there, and already links to fathom. -War wizard90 (talk) 06:40, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And definition is now merged to fathom. This should completely eliminate any need for this article. -War wizard90 (talk) 06:48, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not notable and not dictionary. There is insufficient encyclopedic information to justify an article, and the mention at Fathom#Line length (thanks War wizard90), along with Shackle (disambiguation), mean that no redirect is needed. Apparently a shackle was a section of anchor chain of a certain length; these lengths were joined with shackles or swivels. Before 1949, the UK length was 12+1⁄2 fathoms (75 feet), and since 1949 it is 15 fathoms (90 feet). [2] + [3]. Johnuniq (talk) 08:59, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Transwiki Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but the page https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shackle could absorb this sourced material just fine. --Gaff (talk) 00:57, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This unit is verifiable, but there isn't enough sourcing out there to pass notability thresholds. So a mention in fathom and a pointer in a DAB page for shackle seems due weight. There is nothing in the article worth saving. --Mark viking (talk) 20:32, 3 March 2015 (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.