Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ringmail
Delete. "Ringmail" is a Victorian-era misconception based on bad research of artwork and effigies. There are no textual references nor surviving examples of "ringmail". Sethwoodworth 22:49, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
- Weak keep That may well be correct but it seems to have become a common term (if only in D&D circles). So perhaps the article should explain how the misconception arose and discuss ringmails' fictional uses. Dlyons493 Talk 23:21, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
- Keep. I see no reason why even misconceptions cannot find a place in Wikipedia as long as they are notable enough (and properly identified). And I do know that ringmail is widely used in Dungeons and Dragons and other such games e.g. [1]. GeorgeStepanek\talk 23:34, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
- Keep I also first knew ringmail through D&D, but several college professors of medieval history have told me it existed. Article could definitely use a little cleanup though. Draeco 23:54, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
- Keep. This is an authentic variety of ancient armour, being a variation on Scale armour. The only wrong bit is the lack of reference (I would help but all my quotable ones are French) and let's be clear, the Knights of William the Conqueror, as seen on the Bayeux Tapestry did not wear chainmail haubergeons, but indeed ring and scale brognes, as did their forebears in Merovingian and Carolingian times. --Svartalf 00:14, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
- While references in English are preferred on en: Wikipedia, references in other languages are quite acceptable if you can't find English-language ones. They're certainly better than a lack of references. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 03:19, 21 January 2006 (UTC)