Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alternative names for USB flash drive


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.  

The result was delete, but note that the consensus at this discussion explicitly does not include any of the side issues of whether to merge content back into the main article or create redirects (some of which already exist). Those side issues need a separate discussion, and in the case of redirects, potentially RfDs, to get a consensus.Chaser - T 20:59, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Alternative names for USB flash drive

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So many of these names sound made-up, and every single one of them is unsourced. Nerd stick? Sex drive? Geek whistle? I say this page should be deleted on grounds of being unverifiable. TheCoffee 05:57, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Provides a search landing page but more imprtantly, this page informs reads that name they are using is synonym or brand specific name.  Not long ago I was wondering what the difference between "thumb drive" and a USB drive are (no differences).  Now I can read the USB drives  Wikipedia entry without wondering "how's this different from a Thumb Drive?"
 * Delete No sources. Any VERIFIED names can be mentioned in the USB flash drive article. TJ Spyke 06:30, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep this article was split from USB flash drive since that article was getting crowded. merging back in would be a messa again. Perhaps require all entries to be sourced and remove those unsourced might be a better solution - SimonLyall 07:06, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 'Comment. use a table or something. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by George Leung (talk • contribs) 07:25, 15 March 2007 (UTC).
 * I was thinking... if we require all entries to be sourced, and remove the unverifiable ones, what remains would be small enough to put back into the USB flash drive article. TheCoffee 07:24, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Requiring all entries to be sourced should have been the solution that you applied to USB flash drive when you saw that it was getting crowded. Applause for pushing back against the input of original research over the months, but you should have pushed harder, and in the original article.  A general principle to remember: Creating a new article and moving the rubbish into it is not a way to get rid of unverifiable rubbish. Uncle G 11:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per TJ Spyke, and most of these sound like jokes anyway ("snib", "dirty finger", "porn stick", "geek chip"...) Zetawoof(&zeta;) 07:08, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Unencyclopedic material. There's really no need to list the many names an USB drive may be known by - just the most common terms and names should suffice. Otherwise, we risk getting a clunky article. –- kungming·  2 (Talk) 07:18, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, most terms on there seem non-notable. Nerd bling? Seems like a list of mostly neologism terms. --Wirbelwind ヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 08:30, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - USBCruft? Neologisms? Original research? Something made up in a school one day? Take your pick. -Wooty Woot? contribs 08:37, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete: Just make sure that every term on the list redirects to USB flash drive in some way.--SeizureDog 14:24, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Why? Most of them would not be search terms and questions exist as to their verifiability and breadth of use DanielT5 15:48, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * This would be a very silly sad result.--ZayZayEM 03:19, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Well someone uses them, even if you don't. It'd still be good practice.--SeizureDog 13:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - WP:N, WP:NEO, WP:ATT, WP:V and I could go on ... DanielT5 15:48, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge once unsourced & neologisms are removed it'll fit in the main article. Koweja 22:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - merging this with the main page is just a waste of space - Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate list. -- Chairman S. Talk  Contribs  22:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep USB_Flash_drive refers to this page. Keep per SimonLyall. This article is not meant to stand alone and it serves a purpose in its context.--ZayZayEM 03:19, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - I removed all OR-sounding or NN-sounding entries. Hopefully what remains are notable (such as the Memory Stick for Sony's brand of flash memory). I suspect the outstandingly notable ones such as "Dirty Finger" can be sourced, but I'm not sure the article should stay anyway. Just being bold. -Wooty Woot? contribs 04:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge but only include the useful/non-neoligism Kopf1988 04:46, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Hey, this might be my first wiki edit but this article is pretty damn useful, I'm emailing a link to it right now. Yeah fine, ignore me. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.202.166.98 (talk) 18:41, 18 March 2007 (UTC).
 * Keep - Useful article. Keep it around for a couple of years until usage establishes one or two widely accepted terms. - arleyl 21 March 2007 (UTC)


 * 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.