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This article may be the quintessential coatrack article. Is there a contest? Because this one really deserves to be nominated.
I suggest we delete this page altogether. Looking at the content,
- The first paragraph is a dictionary entry, violating WP:WINAD. It is conceivable that a "bowyer" page could be encyclopedic rather than a pure dictionary entry, but even if someone took the time to write it, it wouldn't contain any of the information currently on the page, thus deletion of the page is still warranted.
- The subsequent content breaks into several off-topic categories, containing no information about the profession in historical or current contexts.
- Kinds of bows made by bowyers, violating
- Materials used in bowmaking
- How to make a bow
- Videos of interesting things that happen when bows are made.
- Lastly it is substantially a list of living, practicing bowyers who are (apparently) not in and of themselves worthy of an entry, violating WP:Notability
Be gentle, this is only the second time I've recommended deletion of a page Riventree (talk) 16:28, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
I agree, delete. There may be some work on bowyers in different cultures which could justify an article, but the present article needs to go. Richard Keatinge (talk) 16:46, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
- This page either needs a serious rework, or it needs to be deleted. Right now it's functioning more as a dictionary, than an encyclopedia. Another option would to be take some of the information presented, and merge it into other, more appropriate pages. I am going to remove the sentence on The Traditional Bowyer's Bibles, as there is no evidence to support it's claim. Popodonturtoe (talk) 19:18, 18 October 2018 (UTC)