Talk:Shipshape and Bristol fashion
Expand, merge or redirect
[edit]This page is a dictionary definition (something which Wikipedia is not). It explains the meaning, etymology and usage notes of a slang phrase. I can't find any encyclopedic content on this page. Nothing here rises past what I would expect to read in a truly great unabridged dictionary. The definitions and usage discussions belong over in Wiktionary where folks with the right skills, interests and lexical tools can more easily sort out the meanings and origins.
Options to fix the page here include:
- Expand the page with encyclopedic content - that is, content that goes well beyond the merely lexical.
- Redirect the page to a more general page on nautical slang.
- Replace the current contents with a soft-redirect to Wiktionary (usually done using the {{wi}} template).
Pending a better answer, I'm implementing option 3 for now. The lexical content has already been merged into the Wiktionary page. Rossami (talk) 22:51, 2 July 2008 (UTC)