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 - would make a fine article if it expanded its text to include sociological ...things Xavexgoem (talk) 20:42, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Averting[edit]

Dictionary definition. Unexpandable. Graymornings_(talk) 17:52, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete could have been speedied with ((db-transwiki)) ? Politizer ^talk/_contribs 17:55, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps averting should be moved to the wikipedia dictionary?Wiktionary Smallman12q (talk) 18:01, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as dicdef; already in wiktionary as present participle of the established word "avert." JohnCD (talk) 18:15, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll copy the contents over to wiktionary. Then the article may be deleted.Smallman12q (talk) 18:22, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not really anything to copy that isn't already there. This article makes the claim that it's a sociology term, but doesn't give it any definition from the sociology register, just gives a generic dictionary definition. Politizer ^talk/_contribs 18:25, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article can be deleted. It is a sociological term, but it is of such broad scope, that it can apply to nearly any field.Smallman12q (talk) 18:29, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to retract my last statement. Rather than delete the article, it should be made into a redirect.Smallman12q (talk) 19:05, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A cross-wiki redirect to wikt:avert? I don't think that's necessary; I don't see why anyone would search for this term on WP anyway. Politizer ^talk/_contribs 19:08, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I believe a redirect would be best as wikipedia has no article on avert(The article on Avert is for the "AIDS Education and Research Trust" which has nothing to do with avert. Also, could someone userfy this for me. Thanks!Smallman12q (talk) 21:11, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just don't think there's much point, as most people wouldn't look up "avert" on Wikipedia looking for a dictionary definition; they would go to Wikt or to a dictionary website.

As for userfying, you can just copy the entire text (from the edit window, so you get the formatting as well) into User:Smallman12q/Averting or User:Smallman12q/Avert. Politizer ^talk/_contribs 21:34, 17 January 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.