Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Good Thing and Bad Thing (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete. Stifle (talk) 08:54, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Good Thing and Bad Thing
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This has been marked with unreferenced for nearly two years, and seems aside from one sentence to be patent original research and just plain...well...stupid, to quote User:SeizureDog from the first AFD. Don't fall asleep zzzzzz 06:17, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - no reason these phrases need an encyclopedia entry. Somno (talk) 10:58, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment This article seems to be substantially copied from an entry in the New Hacker's Dictionary, alias the Jargon File; the usage is arguably highly notable, and it's one of the expressions from 1066 and All That that has caught on most lastingly. However, Wikipedia is not a dictionary, so the article should probably be deleted, even though I'm sure it can be better referenced than this. AlexTiefling (talk) 11:00, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Not much has changed since the last time this was nominated.  The "unreferenced" tag is in fact inappropriate here; the article mentions several sources in its text.  The history of the page goes back to 2002, revealing that this was in fact a part of the Jargon File information that was added to the encyclopedia at the dawn of the project. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:54, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * It mentioned one at the time I nominated this, and it still mentions one (it's just that it's now an inline). I know WP:NOEFFORT is supposedly a bad argument, but it's true in this case, and I just don't see the point of this article in the slightest (not even how other people might find a point in it). Don't fall asleep  zzzzzz 07:11, 13 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep This nomination is a Bad Thing. Colonel Warden (talk) 17:01, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Care to cite any policy as to why, or to further improve the article? Don't fall asleep  zzzzzz 07:07, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * A relevant policy is WP:IMPERFECT. I have already improved the article and might do more. Colonel Warden (talk) 09:06, 13 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Unencyclopedic. So Good Thing means a good thing, and Bad Thing means a bad thing. May be worth a mention in Wiktionary if capitalising letters for emphasis is really all that remarkable, but doesn't merit an encyclopedia article.--Michig (talk) 21:50, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as inherently unencyclopiedic. A  ni  Mate  03:14, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete This is my least favorite article on Wikipedia. I absolutely hate it.  I wish we could fill it with natural gas and float it over a lit candle.  And if we couldn't do that, then maybe we could get Gallagher to bring his big ol' watermelon-smashing hammer and smash it.  So, basically, I just don't like it, and that's a bad thing.  Jerry   delusional ¤ kangaroo 03:42, 16 September 2008 (UTC)


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