Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Witching hour

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 was delete. Sandstein 10:23, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Witching hour[edit]

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Bobherry Userspace Talk to me! Stuff I have done 13:46, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Bobherry, did you intend on nominating this for deletion with no rationale? Primefac (talk) 14:23, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

N Bobherry Talk Edits 14:37, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bobherry, sorry, but you really should know by now that you cannot give a one-letter AFD rationale, even if it is wikilinked. Primefac (talk) 14:55, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete A dictionary definition, the phrase can be traced back to an eighteenth century poem I believe. But beyond this brief etymology and widespread use in fiction I don't see an encyclopedia article here. Although not relevant to this AfD, most of the article is currently inaccurate in putting the hour at 3am rather than midnight, which is not surprising given that it's poorly sourced.--Pontificalibus (talk) 15:16, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mythology-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 00:34, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 00:45, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment there was also a chap called bill who wrote of it a bit earlier in hammie - "Tis now the very witching time of night, (380) When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world: now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day ..." Coolabahapple (talk) 00:50, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

and then charlie referred to bill's words in The Old Curiosity Shop. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:35, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and move Witching Hour (disambiguation) to that namespace. The disambiguation page could link to english folklore instead, and have a bit of text mentioning it._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 15:22, 23 September 2017 (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.