Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Do bears shit in the woods


 * 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 of the debate was redirect; those who support a merge can be bold and do it themselves. Johnleemk | Talk 15:54, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Do bears shit in the woods
Unencyclopedic nonsense K e rowyn 22:47, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Next we will have an article titled "Would a cow lick Lot's wife?" Ruby 22:58, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete and BJAODN  Sceptr e  ( Talk  ) 23:10, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete and weak BJAODN per Sceptr  e . --Kinu 23:11, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * BJAODN -- King of Hearts | (talk) 23:24, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, it's not speedyable patent nonsense, and it tries to make a case for being a meme of communication. It's actually one of the most common and widespread ones in the USA.  I'm almost split three-way among weak keep, weak delete, and weak BJAODN.  Not very encyclopedic, but I'm pleased to count this among the many topics I've worked on in WP.   Barno 23:29, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is not nonsense at all, it is a common idiomatic expression in North American English (perhaps some voters above are unaware of this).  It is not a pure dictionary definition either, because it would be interesting to discuss its origin, and how it came to be the canonical example in North American English of an obvious question whose answer is "yes" (another variant of which is "Is the Pope Catholic"). -- Curps 23:41, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as slang definition. If kept, I would move to Does a bear shit in the woods.  bikeable (talk) 04:14, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to Rhetorical question per Meegs and Stifle. bikeable (talk) 22:11, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Rhetorical question. Redirects are cheap, and this is a very common expression and potential search term.   Is the Pope Catholic? (with a question mark) already redirects there, and there's a short list of idiomatic expressions like this already there.  None of the content is worth merging. ×Meegs 09:06, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect to Rhetorical question. Stifle 21:28, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect to Rhetorical question per Stifle, and BJAODN it . "Did the 3 bears shit in the woods? Is humpty dumpty fat? Does the pope wear a funny hat? Is wrestling fixed?" (Carter USM). --kingboyk 23:29, 6 February 2006 (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.