Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guido (slang) (2nd nomination)


 * 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   keep. Cirt (talk) 00:23, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Guido (slang)
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Even if the lack of reliable sources is fixed (seriously, www.fark.com is a citation?!), Wikipedia is not a dictionary, and this term should exist as a soft-redirect to Wiktionary.

User:Yukichigai reverted the redirect last year and said "Restore article. Redirect to wiktionary is inappropriate. More on the talk page." Consensus on the talk page wasn't clear. Ultimately, AfD is a definitive way to resolve this, even though the outcome is likely to be Keep or Soft-redirect. tedder (talk) 02:10, 17 December 2009 (UTC)


 * weak Keep there's one decent source already in the article, sources in the previous afd, which should be enough to meet the GNG. But yeah, remove fark from the references. Besides, it was Totalfark that had the epic guido thread :P. Umbralcorax (talk) 04:58, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: I am certain there are many references that can be added to this article.  Its a term and concept that's significant far beyond just a dictionary definition.--Milowent (talk) 06:32, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I've added some more sources.--Milowent (talk) 07:26, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:HEY. The added sources show this is more than merely a definition. Bearian (talk) 21:03, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Well, gees, it's not like this term isn't all over the news or anything: . Given the nature of the term, there is enough encyclopedic (not dictionary) context to write an article. Magog the Ogre (talk) 03:29, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * ah, i'll add that source as well. I've been studiously avoiding learning what the Jersey Shore "controversy" is all about.--Milowent (talk) 14:06, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep it! I came here looking for more info on the stereotypes of guidos, due to the controversy of the "Jersey Shore" show, and I'm sure many others come looking for the article for the same reason. Tons of sources eventually will pile up to make this article more credible, because now people will research the phenomenon of guidos. 24.189.90.68 (talk) 05:29, 20 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. The sources have now been improved, and the term seems to have enough cultural resonance to justify a wikipedia article over a wiktionary entry.≈≈Carolfrog≈≈♦тос♦ 22:19, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per everybody else. Referenced in Jersey Shore and Cars for starters Purplebackpack89 (talk) 05:37, 21 December 2009 (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.