Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Urine tax

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was KEEP. -Doc (?) 22:53, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Urine tax[edit]

Strange new page, possible hoax, almost speedied but then I saw it had references. R e dwolf24 (talk) 23:49, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Abstain, don't know if this is real or not, let this AfD decide :) R e dwolf24 (talk) 23:49, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per new rewrite by Isotope23. R e dwolf24 (talk) 00:44, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

*'Delete Looks like a hoax Urine Tax???? --JAranda | watz sup 23:53, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Keep now per rewrite --JAranda | watz sup 01:47, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Not a hoax. I can't verify if it is historically accurate per se, but it was reported by Roman historians and has been referenced in historical texts on Roman history and taxes over the year. There are quite a few references to this on the internet as well [1]. Article is historically inaccurate though. Tax was actually attributed to Nero in respect to urine used in hide tanning. I'll rewrite it. Even if it is a hoax, it is an old one that has been historically accepted... that makes it at least as notable as Piltdown Man--Isotope23 00:05, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Piltdown. --JJay 00:07, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per JJay abakharev 06:05, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep for all these reasons. But my understanding is that urine was used by Roman launderers for its ammonia content, rather than in tanning. Smerdis of Tlön 14:13, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- It was used in tanning hides (to loosen hairs/fibers; see Tanning wiki article), washing wool (per your ammonia comment), and if I'm not mistaken, it was used for cleansing the body as well... but I can't remember if the Romans did that or some other ancient culture. I certainly wouldn't object to someone with more knowledge of this updating the article. BTW, is that a Borges reference in your username Smerdis of Tlön? :)--Isotope23 15:22, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.