Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Curb-stomp


 * 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. The consensus below is that sources do not exist to support an article. Eluchil404 (talk) 04:17, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Curb-stomp

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This topic does not appear to be much more than a dictionary definition with a list of usages of the term/action described. It does NOT appear that there exists enough source material to expand the article to anything more than a definition and a WP:OR list of pop-culture references to the action. I see nothing that would count for a reliable source which discusses the practice in depth. For anyone that thinks this article should be kept, can you provide any book or journal article or equivalent which discusses this act in detail and in depth, and does more than just mention and/or define and/or demonstrate the act as part of a movie or video game? If not, I can't see where this is a notable thing for a full encyclopedia article, as opposed to merely a Wiktionary entry. I do understand that some terms, for which there ARE in depth reliable source material, do merit encyclopedia articles. The issue here is not that an article like Punch (combat) exists also; that article has books devoted to it. This one appears to have nothing of the sort. Jayron  32  22:15, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 22:21, 25 November 2011 (UTC)


 * If no sources can be found, redirect to American History X. The only source I can find to suggest that this is a real thing other than just something they made up for the movie is this blog post which quotes this story. I read something a while back which said that the curb stomp was something that only existed in the movie, although that may have changed tragically since. —Tom Morris (talk) 22:26, 25 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete unless at least one solid reference is found. I will watch. Stormbay (talk) 04:33, 26 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Neutral -- If it is decided the article should be redirected, I'd recommend redirecting to stomp, since, well, the victim is stomped upon - surprising, considering the title . The article for stomp already lists that of curb-stomp under its "See also" section.  Also, I am adding a recommendation to merge curb-stomp with stomp. ~  |\\ //|  10:02, 26 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as per complete lack of WP:RS. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:20, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
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