Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grockle


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 09:16, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Grockle

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Short dictionary definition of slang terms from south west England; prod removed by author of article GILO ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY  23:21, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per Wikipedia is not a dictionary. --Lambiam 06:08, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Merge to Grock from whom the word is thought to be derived. Colonel Warden (talk) 12:21, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * According to Oxford Dictionaries the word has a completely different origin, so this merge us perhaps not really a good idea. --Lambiam 03:46, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Good catch. As the word's origin is disputed/uncertain and has been the subject of papers such as this, the matter is therefore notable and so the article should be kept.  I shall amend my summary accordingly. Colonel Warden (talk) 09:00, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The article is still just essentially a dictionary definition. Almost all words in the English language have an entry in etymological dictionaries, and many have a disputed or uncertain origin about which something has been written, such as "spiffy". If that by itself is sufficient reason for keeping, then our "Wikipedia is not a dictionary" policy becomes meaningless. --Lambiam 06:49, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

-  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Delete per Lambiam. It reads just like a dictionary definition, no more no less, and even starts with Definition. It's a grockle just passing through Wikipedia. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:17, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as dictionary definition. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, etc. Carrite (talk) 04:17, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grockle as a perfectly good job is already been done by Wiktionary. (AbrahamCat (talk) 04:52, 14 October 2010 (UTC))
 * Delete Per WP:DICTIONARY. DARTH SIDIOUS 2 (Contact) 09:30, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:DICTIONARY.  ∙:∙:.:  pepper  :.:∙:∙   00:17, 16 October 2010 (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.