Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fursona

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. However, there are nearly as many "merge" votes as "keep" votes, although there is considerable disagreement about where to merge. I've listed this at WP:DA, and put a message on its talk page, so that another group in the Wikicommunity can be bold and hash out where it works best, or whether it should stand alone. Joyous 02:28, Jan 19, 2005 (UTC)

Fursona
Non-notable niche neologism (whoops, alliteration), and largely a dictdef. 12,400 Google hits.  Delete . - Vague | Rant 07:50, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * Furry fancruft (Oh no, I said the secret word)! Merge with Furry lifestyler. --Slowking Man 08:14, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge with Furry lifestyler. Rje 13:56, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Rather Merge with Furry, there's already a little list of furry slang terms. --Conti|&#9993; 20:28, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. The list of slang in furry only gives one-sentence definitions, this article is much more extensive than that and a lot of information would be lost in the process. And merging with furry lifestyler would be just plain wrong, the term is definitely not exclusive to that subgroup. Bryan 20:45, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge it, Wyss 23:16, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge with what? --Andylkl 08:08, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge: DCEdwards1966 23:38, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge with what? --Andylkl 08:08, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - too much information to merge Zetawoof 21:45, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge - Nowhere near enough notable information to keep it as separate article. DreamGuy 01:59, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with what? --Andylkl 08:08, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. Megan1967 02:41, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to Wiktionary and delete. Not a neologism; you won't (generally) find specialized slang and/or jargon belonging to any group in a general-purpose dictionary, until that term 'breaks out' into the wider world. That being said, though, I can't see that it isn't doomed to be a dictdef. IceKarma 14:50, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Changing vote to transwiki to Wiktionary. IceKarma has convinced me that it fits in with their regulations for inclusion. - Vague | Rant 04:37, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's much more than a dictdef. --Andylkl 08:08, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Agree with Andylkl. --Fibonacci 05:30, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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