Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Turning in the road

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The result was keep. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 20:39, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Turning in the road

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Unreferenced how-to guide. I don't see why this is necessary when articles like U-turn already exist. Biker Biker (talk) 08:35, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Others pointed out that there's content worth saving, so rename to three-point turn. –Ugncreative Usergname (talk) 15:20, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:31, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as an instructional guide. U-turn or 3-point turn — how to decide?!? Carrite (talk) 16:37, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - article completely re-written since beginning of the AfD. I'm now neutral on deletion, and think that Three-point turn would be a better article title. Haus^Talk 17:08, 8 February 2012 (UTC) Delete, unreferenced content fork. Haus^Talk 17:36, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, there's already plenty of coverage on this, like that mentioned by the nominator Tarheel95 (Sprechen) 18:07, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Carrite hasn't mentioned anything to do with coverage. Uncle G (talk) 08:32, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
R̶e̶d̶i̶r̶e̶c̶t̶Rename - Salvage information related to 'Three Point Turns' and rename article to 'Three Point Turns'. There's already an article for U-Turns, so Three Point Turns should have one as well.--Stvfetterly (talk) 19:21, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- You mean rename, not redirect, then. Uncle G (talk) 08:32, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - Whoops. Yes, I mean rename.--Stvfetterly (talk) 13:49, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
~~Delete~~ - WP:NOTHOWTO, and an unlikely search term too (I've never heard of "turning in the road" before...) - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 22:00, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- You need to revisit the Babel claim about British English on your user page, then. Because even a superficial site:uk restricted search in Google Web turns this name up all over the place in the U.K. (including one WWW page that had an annoying Flash animation with audio that pointedly said that it wasn't officially called a three-point turn). Uncle G (talk) 08:32, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment If this is deleted, then please redirect 3/3-/three-point turn (which currently point to this page) to point to United_Kingdom_driving_test#Manoeuvres where the phrase is now mentioned alongside the official terminology PamD 09:00, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Rename: "Three point turn" is the common name, although not the official terminology used in driving test. Alternatively expand title to "Turning in the road using forward and reverse gears", because only this title disambiguates it clearly from U turn. The phrase "turning in the road" is unfamiliar as anything other than a phrase involving common words; the longer phrase evokes "Oh yes, that's what a 3 point turn is called in the driving test". PamD 09:09, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Rename, Rewrite, and Keep: probably will never be a large article but, after having been rewritten, it is suitable for an encyclopedia article. Note too, the subject of this article is NOT the same as U-turn. It is a very specific maneuver and probably the most infamous part of the UK and Ireland driving tests. (Boldly moved to common name.) --RA (talk) 12:37, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Boldly reverted! Please let the AfD run its course before renaming an article. However, that name would make sense if the article survives. --Biker Biker (talk) 13:11, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and rename to "Three-point turn" per common name convention. This manoeuvre is significantly different from a U-turn, and should not be lumped into that article. the wub "?!" 12:40, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment on form of possible new article title: I was wondering between "Three point turn" and "Three-point turn". Ghits are mixed, but Oxford English Dictionary uses a hyphen (and has first citation from 1957, for your interest), so I'd suggest "Three-point turn" as new title (as was done, and reverted, above). PamD 13:41, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and rename "Three-point turn" per COMMONNAME - As a UK citizen, I've never heard the phrase "turning in the road (using forward and reverse gears)", not even from my driving instructor, who taught advanced defensive driving to these guys. This technique is not a U-turn and therefore shouldn't be lumped in with that article. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 16:48, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and rename to Three-point turn. This can be expanded beyond just an instructional guide. -- role^player 21:06, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Rename to Three-point turn as suggested above - that is quite article-worthy and I'm amazed there wasn't a better article than this on it already. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 19:39, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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