Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Everyday Questions

This is not an encyclopedia article.RSM 07:35, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Comment: Hmm... any worthy topic included here is likely to have its own article, meaning this page will only duplicate information we already have specific articles on. With the proper format, I could see this being an interesting article... Ohhhh... Undecided. If kept, it will probably need a different name. I would never have searched for "Everyday questions." SWAdair | Talk 10:03, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Comment: This is really close to the proposed Wikitrivia. I love the idea of the article. It needs, however, to be done more for the novice users' benefits and made notable to all Wikipedians, so that folks contribute readily & new users find it easily. Geogre 13:25, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Delete. Not a useful organizing principle for an article. Is this basically the same topic as David Feldman's "Imponderables" books (Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? How Do Astronauts Scratch an Itch: An Imponderables Book (Imponderables Book); When Do Fish Sleep? And Other Imponderables of Everyday Life; Do Elephants Jump? (Imponderables Book))? All together now, in four-part harmony:

      Tell me why the stars do shine,
        Tell me why the sky is blue,
      Tell me what makes the ivy twine,
        And I will tell thee why I love you.

      Fusion reactions make the stars shine,
        Rayleigh diffusion makes the sky blue,
      Auxins and tropisms make the ivy twine,
        Gonads and hormones are why I love you.
Dpbsmith 22:21, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

if Wikipedia were a paper encyclopedia, this kind of article would find a home in a bonus volume for the kiddies. It's an interesting approach but doesn't work as an article. Summarizing / paraphrasing other articles is not a good idea either. There might be potential for a List of Common Conundrums though. Ianb 22:41, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
This topic is not cohesive enough to merit a separate article of its own. Delete. Psychonaut 23:57, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Rename everyday questions to list of everyday questions, which should have only links to relevant articles. E.g., "Why is the sky blue? See: Rayleigh scattering. Chicken/egg? See: paleontology." Etc. Fwiw, Wile E. Heresiarch 02:16, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC) Revised vote below. Wile E. Heresiarch 00:15, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Delete. Anyone looking for those answers will search for those questions. This article adds nothing to the encyclopedia. It is just another overhead page needing maintenance. Rossami 22:56, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Agreed. Delete. Wile E. Heresiarch 00:15, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)