Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Awkward turtle (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:17, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Awkward turtle
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This slang dictionary definition was apparently re-created after WP:SALT was removed. It lists three references: a lesser slang dictionary, a passing note in Gawker and a personal page on a school site represented as the source being "Columbia Journalism School".

There is nothing about this article which raises it above the level of a slang dicdef. Guy (Help!) 19:40, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete There is no reason to believe that the subject of the article is notable as anything but a slang term. Ducknish (talk) 22:04, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep as creator. Question: why are you going straight for this article, when the gestures template is filled with many many gestures that consist of badly written, unsourced, and questionably notable articles? As a side note, it just baffles me that such a huge pop culture phenomenon of the 21st century could possibly be nonnotable, or at least have so few sources... shocking.. they must be out there somewhere. BTW, I added a few more things here and there just to add a bit of weight to the article just for now, but I'm going to come back and fix it up.--Coin945 (talk) 06:37, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 20:28, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 20:29, 5 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - utterly trivial recentism. Lady  of  Shalott  00:24, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment Related past discussions include Articles for deletion/The awkward turtle, Articles for deletion/Awkward Turtle, and Articles for deletion/Awkward Animals. See also Talk:List of gestures/Archive 1. Cnilep (talk) 01:14, 6 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete There really are no reliable third party sources that establish any sort of notability at all. None of the references actually cited in the article are, for sure.  There's an entry in an slang dictionary, a couple of product pages for items called "Awkward Turtle", and an article from a student newspaper.  None of which are reliable sources.  There's also a gawker article that mentions the concept in title, but the actual text of the article is not about the concept.  I was also unable to find any other reliable sources elsewhere.  Rorshacma (talk) 17:36, 11 May 2012 (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.