Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Button (unit)

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The result was delete. Nakon 20:17, 6 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Button (unit)

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Even though I've just spent some time trying to develop this from its previous state, I don't think there's anything reliable to verify its existence. (Cardarelli, he of the Stupping ton, is dubious for reliability). Not an asset to the encyclopedia. PamD 15:20, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unless a reliable source saying what this putative unit of measrement was used for.TheLongTone (talk) 16:00, 27 February 2015 (UTC)TheLongTone (talk) 16:00, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This really is quite absurd, just a bunch of conflicting ideas about a supposed unit, where the more reliable the source, the less it has to say. There is a WP:SLOGAN about "No information better than bad information", which seems to apply here. Imaginatorium (talk) 16:51, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:43, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:43, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is either a mistake or a very non-notable unit. There is no encyclopedic information available beyond a dictionary definition (1 button = half an inch) in one dubious source. Johnuniq (talk) 23:18, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I think there is some confusion here. The ligne is a traditional unit of measure (about 1/40 of an inch) for buttons, and in that sense is a button measure. But I don't think there has ever been an actual unit called the button, only ligne in Germany and UK, which morphed into line in the US. The unit ligne itself seems notable, with button measurement charts from Britex and Natural Buttons still using this unit. --Mark viking (talk) 23:04, 2 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Yay! More Cardarelli units to kill! Delete, for the same reasons as the dozens we have already nuked. Non notable. PianoDan (talk) 20:21, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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