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The result was no consensus, actually slightly leaning keep, but kept by default anyway.--
Ymblanter (
talk) 06:49, 12 June 2015 (UTC)reply
Delete no reason this info shouldn't be in
Cannabis (drug) under alternate terms; there's just not enough substance for the etymology to support its own article like cannabis
—МандичкаYO 😜 11:14, 19 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Merge merge to Cannabis, no reason this should stand on its own when its a small part that can be added to Cannabis page. Ozzyland 15:34, 19 May 2015 (UTC) — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Ozzyland (
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contribs)
Merge as above: per
WP:NOTDICT, a Wikipedia article is about "a person, or a people, a concept, a place, an event, a thing" not about a word. Alternative names of the drug extracted from Cannabis sativa belong in the article
cannabis (drug).
Colapeninsula (
talk) 17:29, 20 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep no merge The article needs work but it is a good enough start and the concept is notable. Perhaps it could be renamed to "Marijuana (etymology)", or perhaps "Names for cannabis" or "Etymology of terms for cannabis". Here are some additional sources addressing the notability of the discussion of the term itself.
The reason why I oppose a merge is because there is a lot of content here and if it is added to the cannabis article, then it will be judged as
WP:UNDUE and deleted. A suggestion to
WP:MERGE should be with intent to actually incorporate the content, not to trim it to a note and delete the rest. There are a lot of sources here, and the term "marijuana" itself disregarding all other terms for the same drug has a history which has been examined.
Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:19, 22 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep per Blue Rasberry - Enough sources to warrant an article which including BRs sources passes GNG. –
Davey2010Talk 00:41, 26 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Esquivaliencet 01:37, 26 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep WP has quite a few articles on the history and use of controversial words. (Mostly ones I don't use so I will not give examples.) It seems to be a notable topic, encyclpedia-wise.
Borock (
talk) 04:02, 26 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Merge to
Cannabis (drug). A summary of the different terms there would seem the best solution. --
Michig (
talk) 08:48, 26 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep - Blue Rasberry sums it up pretty well. — Yash!(Y) 21:12, 26 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, --
RoySmith(talk) 01:47, 5 June 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep - I'm not very keen on etymology or "(word)" articles, generally preferring that an encyclopaedia's articles focus on actual topics rather than on words about them. However, there are over 100 articles on Cannabis, marking it out as a major topic. The natural place for an etymology,
Cannabis (drug), would suit the etymology of the word Cannabis (related to hanap, hemp...) rather than the word Marijuana: an etymology of that term in that article would indeed probably seem undue to editors, and it would likely be cut down drastically, if not deleted. And that leaves no other home for the well-attested etymology in the current article. Keep is therefore the correct outcome. I note in passing that there are in fact rather few arguments given above for a merge, and I agree with Blueraspberry that the likely collapse-to-note that would result from a merge would be an undesirable and unfortunate result.
Chiswick Chap (
talk) 18:47, 5 June 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep. The merger suggestions are reasonable, but ultimately I think Blue Raspberry and Chiswick Chap make a stronger case for the separate article being a better vehicle for the presentation of this content, which goes beyond a simple etymology. --
Arxiloxos (
talk) 22:23, 5 June 2015 (UTC)reply
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