Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chinese pet names


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The result was delete. Mr.Z-man 03:16, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Chinese pet names

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This article has changed very little since 2005 when it was created. It has had the same clean-up templates since 2009, complaining that it is unsourced and an orphan. Wikipedia does not have an article on pet names generally, (though perhaps it should), merely a minscule mention under personal name. There is no need for a poorly written unsourced article that is mostly just a list of common pet names in China when we don't even have an article discussing the practice of humans giving personal names to animals in a more general context. It is unencyclopedic and falls under WP:NOT. ~  ONUnicorn (Talk problem solving 21:57, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: per WP:NOTEVERYTHING. In theory the topic could merit an article but !delete if no one wants to take it on. Vrac (talk) 23:02, 2 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep/merge I agree that we should have more content about the naming of pets because there have many many books written about the topic and so it's quite notable. The habits of the Chinese are somewhat different from the west, because they are reluctant to use names which might insult people of the same name.  This is discussed briefly at Personal_name and there are sources out there which confirm this.  There's even a nice story that the Chinese weren't allowed to call their cats names which sounded like miaow when Mao was in power. Andrew D. (talk) 13:17, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions.  Rcsprinter123     (jaw)  @ 22:04, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.  Rcsprinter123     (utter)  @ 22:04, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Comment: I'm neutral on whether to keep the article, but if it is kept, I think it should be renamed to Chinese names for pets or something similar. The current title is slightly confusing—it looks like it could be using the phrase pet name, meaning "nickname". —Granger (talk · contribs) 23:24, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  B E C K Y S A Y L E S  03:23, 10 January 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Delete: Has only a few names that are still not verified. SamuelDay1 (talk) 18:11, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Michig (talk) 10:56, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete No coverage in reliable sources to support notability. Seems to be all WP:OR.  B E C K Y S A Y L E S  02:08, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete - we are not a web host for a list of somebody's trivia. Bearian (talk) 17:02, 26 January 2015 (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.