Talk:pull the fire alarm

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pull the fire alarm

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Previously nominated for deletion in a group nomination, but no consensus was reached about this page. The original argument for their deletion was sum of parts. —{admin} Pathoschild 16:31, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Delete. --Connel MacKenzie 17:26, 18 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Delete. Sum of its parts. --Dmol 17:34, 18 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Unidiomatic - deleted. — Paul G 08:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
Not used in the UK. --Enginear 16:02, 19 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
Then it passes Pauley #1, the fancy dress test. DAVilla 21:06, 23 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
It is idiomatic in the sense that you don't necessarily need to pull something in order to activate a fire alarm. Edit: Keep. DAVilla 21:06, 23 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
Good points. But I don't recall ever seeing a fire alarm "pull" that didn't say "pull down" or "break glass, pull lever" or similar. AFAIK, they do require a "pull" of one sort or another. Don't they? If they do, that would reinforce the Pauley #1 argument. If they don't, that would reinforce DAVilla's second point. Either way, it looks like the request has merit, so I second the restore. --Connel MacKenzie 18:18, 24 November 2006 (UTC)Reply