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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 12:54, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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The article is a dictionary definition contradicting WP:NOTDICT. A WP:BEFORE search found only online dictionary sources (not enough for WP:N) and will likely remain a WP:Permastub. Also, the disambiguation page has very similar content to this stub so this article should be deleted and replaced by the disambiguation page. -KAP03(^{Talk • Contributions • Email}) 20:49, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

keep or merge . A distinct part of human anatomy. If you think the article has no chance to grow, the proper solution is to merge somewhere. Staszek Lem (talk) 21:56, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. It seems that you misunderstand the meaning of WP:NOTDICT. This article is about a thing, not about a word. Staszek Lem (talk) 21:58, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

P.P.S. Moving the DAB page here might be a good idea. You may want to request a page move. Staszek Lem (talk) 22:06, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:21, 10 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep this is an independently notable part of the human body. --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:37, 10 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. A lot more could be written about this. - WPGA2345 - ☛ 18:57, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have been adding some information from other sources and articles dealing with the lap. - WPGA2345 - ☛ 05:23, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, body parts are notable. Note I rescued this page from AFD once before, back in 2006. It never used ([1]) to be as short as it was last week, a series of well-meaning editors had progressively butchered it ([2]) down to a dictionary definition. fish&karate 11:39, 13 November 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.