Wiki143:Articles for deletion/Invigilator

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The result of the debate was delete moink 08:36, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Invigilator

Dictdef. The page has already been transwikied to wiktionary. RickK 19:07, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, unless someone can think of a useful place to redirect it (Standardized testing?). I admit when I transwikied it I was surprised to find that it was a word :) --Dmcdevit 19:42, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC) (vote changed --Dmcdevit 20:44, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC))
• redirect to Test (student assessment) or Standardized test/Standardized testing (they have merge tags, but it's not obvious which will be kept). It is a word that I became all too familiar with from the first exams I had to sit when I was about 11 or 12, right through to univesity. Thryduulf 20:37, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • I was unsure of the redirect as I had no idea how common the term was. I'll go by your experience and change my vote. --Dmcdevit 20:44, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    • We use redirects a lot, even for uncommon terms :) Radiant_* 15:38, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
      • Ah, true... But not usually for words I hadn't heard of until I looked them up in the dictionary to make sure it's not a hoax before putting it in Wiktionary. But I guess I'm just dumb. :) --Dmcdevit 22:19, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
        • Perhaps its a term peculiar to the UK? Thryduulf 22:31, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
          • I think so now. In fact, just today I came upon it's usage in International Baccalaureate papers talking about the May tests. They go by all British spelling/wording, so that explains my (American) non-understanding. Definitely redirect. I've heard the same position referred to as a "proctor" over here. --Dmcdevit 00:58, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
            • Now I would have had no idea what a "proctor" was before reading your message! Perhaps its one for the article about UK/USA English differences? Thryduulf 08:55, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
              • Wow! Are you really speaking the same language? :) --Dmcdevit 22:17, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
                • Somebody once said that "England and America are two nations divded by a common language"! (I don't know who though, a web search shows attributions to one of Winston Churchill, George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde). Thryduulf 23:13, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
                  • Well, at least we both use pounds! (yours are for weight too, right?) --Dmcdevit 23:29, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
                    • We use pounds for weight and currency. And if that isn't confusing enough, we also use kilograms for weight (but not yet Euros for currency!). Thryduulf 23:54, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
                      • Bet you didn't know we use kilos (shortened like that),too, but only for narcotics. I don't know why... --Dmcdevit 23:57, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• It's a dicdef. It's already in Wiktionary. The suggestion to redirect does not make sense to me in this case. First, the term can apply to examiners of all tests, not merely standardized tests. Second, none of the recommended pages actually use the term "invigilator" (or "proctor"). If I followed such a link, I would be more confused than helped. Based on the current state of the articles, I have to recommend a straight delete. Rossami (talk) 05:55, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Lack of mention in the recommended redirect does not mean we should delete it. It just means we should merge and redirect, and it will be there. --Dmcdevit 21:54, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    • A fair comment if you can find a way to do it that fits with the flow, content and topic of the current articles. I tried briefly last night and decided not to save my change. I felt I was making the article worse, not better. Rossami (talk) 00:17, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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