Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gar (neologism)


 * 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, consensus is that this is a non notable neologism. Davewild (talk) 12:10, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Gar (neologism)

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WIkipedia is not a place for neologisms. Was prodded, but the prod was removed. —David Eppstein (talk) 15:00, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Just a web forum in-joke. Jfire (talk) 15:25, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - NN neologism WP:NFT WP:DICT —Snthdiueoa (talk|contribs) 15:45, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Non-notable neologism, represents a small in-joke that has not extended beyond their community. It's no Rick roll - maybe when Tay Zonday sings a song about it. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 15:52, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - A neologism coined first as a spelling mistake!?!?!  Obliterate... POOF!--Pmedema (talk) 16:12, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment, Though to be fair pwn likely got its start as a spelling mistake. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 16:15, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, but it's notable. —Snthdiueoa (talk|contribs) 16:35, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, Yes. I know, simply a neutral comment. My delete vote is above ;-) AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 17:36, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete, a non-notable neologism TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 16:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - neologism as well as having notability issues - Highfields (talk) (contribs) 16:47, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. I hate to agree with the poorly educated folk in the above, but we can't verify or cite this term just yet. We'd have to wait until someone reports it and kicks it into the spot-light; it could be circulated for years (as it has) and not be notable until someone talks about it. "lolcats" for example wasn't a meme until Time included it in an article. On an additional/future reference note, this should be "Gar (slang)" not "(neologism)" like with moe Terek (talk) 18:53, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Slinging insults at people here is not needed, appropriate, or pertinent to the subject at hand. Civility please. Sephiroth BCR  ( Converse ) 03:53, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions.   -- RoninBK T C 21:50, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NEO - Milk's   Favorite   Cookie  00:11, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, and I recall at least one other AfD that resulted in delete of an article on gar. -- Ned Scott 02:47, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - non-notable neologism, does not pass WP:NEO. Sephiroth BCR  ( Converse ) 03:53, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete 4chan, the end as far as I'm concerned. JuJube (talk) 10:05, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, I don't think this one is from 4chan itself. It may be from one of the other varied and sundry *chans. -- RoninBK T C 12:14, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well in that case, per everyone so far, really. JuJube (talk) 12:16, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The entry on Encyclopedia Dramatica (which I can't link to here) says 4chan /a/. —David Eppstein (talk) 14:30, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * There shouldn't be an article on Encyclopedia Dramatica for "Gar". ED only reports on /b/ matters, all "other board" related events are either found on lurkmore or, to an extremely lesser extent, Wikichan. There's been an entry on lurk for it since November 2006. Terek (talk) 20:01, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per all the above. At least I know what it means now, but if I'd been seriously worried about it I could just have looked it up on Urban Dictionary. Shiroi Hane (talk) 08:08, 21 March 2008 (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.