Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Good Egg (second nomination)


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The result was speedy delete. Mind matrix  21:37, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Good Egg

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This was the subject of an earlier AfD, and the conclusion was that it should be transwikied to Wiktionary. At the time, I supported the transwiki, saying that I believed the phrase dated back to at least the twenties. However, a little study of my sources (mostly P. G. Wodehouse) has shown that I probably overestimated the notability of this particular phrase. In fact, the term "egg", as British slang for "person" (similar to "fellow" or "bloke"), does indeed date back to at least the twenties, but was commonly used without any adjectives at all! When adjectives do appear, "bad" and "old" are quite as common as "good", and a wide variety of others may appear as well. So I now think the transwiki was a mistake, and I certainly think this particular combination of two words falls far short of the level of notability required for a Wikipedia article. (I also suspect the Wiktionary version should be removed, possibly to be replaced with a definition of the slang meaning for "egg", but that's a separate issue.) Xtifr tälk 19:49, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment while I was creating this AfD, someone else nominated the article for speedy deletion, and I didn't notice the edit conflict at first, so this may be moot, but what the heck. :) Xtifr tälk 19:53, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
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