Talk:Curmudgeon

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We might consider giving the article Miser the same treatment for the same reasons. Rklawton (talk) 17:29, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

A prior edit destroyed the WP article Curmudgeon and vitiated its significance
The concept of a curmudgeon in English is well understood and much written about. A few years ago it was described in the WP article "Curmudgeon" along with a list of historical examples of known or widely reputed literary and other curmudgeons. Then some WP editor deleted the entire article apparently believing that the concept "curmudgeon" in English lacks a fixed meaning and that the example list of historical curmudgeons in the article was arbitrary or baseless. See the (evidently literature-ignorant) nomination for deletion discussion. That left "Curmudgeon" vitiated and referring only to a rock band record called "Curmudgeon" at the time -- an ignominious result for WP. The reason given in the (few-participants) discussion for the deletion was false, and robbed WP of an article about an important concept that has been written about extensively, such as in Jon Winokur's several Curmudgeon books and many others. WP's deletionists usually dominate WP, and the use and obvious meaning of curmudgeon was lost, leaving behind this mere disambiguation page with peripheral/epiphenomenal cultural cross-references only.

Somebody with the fortitude to stand up to WP deletionists should restore and improve the old, deleted Curmudgeon article, based on the word's actual meaning.99.118.152.133 (talk) 03:08, 27 June 2018 (UTC)