Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guido (slang term)


 * 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 of the debate was keep (no consensus). Ingoolemo talk 05:26, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Guido (slang term)
Delete made up name created by people redirected here from collegehumor.com (it's on their main page right now)-- -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 23:29, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Also see Articles for deletion/Hogging -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 00:40, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

 Not really made up name has been in use for several years now.. guido is a term started since the inception of the italian american culture in new york. Only recently has it enjoyed a resurgance in fame
 * &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.193.5.106 (talk &bull; contribs) 23:56, 19 January 2006.


 * This user has never edited before prior this comment   -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 00:05, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete, Wikipedia is not a dictionary of slang. --King of All the Franks 00:06, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * indeed, Official policy: wikipedia is not a slang guide -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 00:07, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I didn't even bother to read the article. The mere fact that it has "slang term" in the title is enough for me.  :)  --King of All the Franks 00:12, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * don't delete, term has been in use for as long as new jersey has been a state. &mdash;the preceding unsigned comment is by 128.227.66.75 (talk &bull; contribs) 18:15, 19 January 2006 (UTC)


 * This user never edited prior this comment  -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 00:26, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete --NaconKantari (話)|(郵便) 00:45, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * comment-cite resources, it is a term that has been apparently used on many popular tv shows Spencerk 01:35, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Don't Delete This is not a new term, it being used on college humor does not constitute any notion that it they who conceived it. And even if it were, is it not the goal of wikipedia to function as a freely flowing font of human knowledge? Let us leave it to the people at Encarta to provide us with a rigid, fixed, and thereby extremely limited view of cultural development.  Wikipedia is man's crowning achievement.  It is an unbiased, unlimited, and uniform free exchange of information.  If this article truly rocks you to the core, then yes, delete it, but as a contributor to humanity's never ending pool of creation, I urge you move it, or add this summary to your already extensive list of slang terms.
 * "Wikipedia is not a dictionary of slang." Perhaps you are right, we should then begin deletion of the entire "Slang" article, along with all Bargoens(Dutch slang), Boston slang, Canadian slang Christianese, Cockney rhyming slang, Drug slang, Gay slang, Germanía, Grypsera, Grunge speak,Helsinki slang, Hip hop slang, Indonesian slang, Internet slang, London slang, Lunfardo,Medical slang, Polari, Profanity, Sexual slang, Trinidadian slang found on the Wikipedia site, lest its cultural and political significance poison the minds of our children.

--Oldmanpanda 02:13, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * This user has never edited prior this comment  -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 02:43, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. Article is valuble regardless of source.  Also, comments of  oldmanpanda are noteworthy. Mystache 02:47, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. Since when is Wikipedia not contain slang?  Have you seen any other entries like blumpkin or other such slang?  Are you kidding?  The hypocritical nature of others on this page is ridiculous!  I'm talking to you, Frank King, Drini etc.  Baltodomer 05:13, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * The only edits from this user have been on 2 AFDs including this one  -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 23:36, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. This word is in the Northeast Italian culture as much as the word "nigger" is in AA culture. What should be left out is the sterotyping that only has to do with today's modern version of a "guido". The article should be kept to the history of the word, its meaning, and uses in popular culture.  J.reed 09:04, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as non-notable unverifiable unstable neologism, i.e. protologism. Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day. &mdash;Quarl (talk) 2006-01-20 10:57Z 
 * Quarl, I'd like you to explain to me the difference between Blumpkin and Guido. Both could be "made up in school one day."  Really, I'd like an explanation. Give it a shot... Baltodomer 14:12, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment originally unsigned by 140.247.196.28, then signed by Baltodomer  


 * Comment if you feel so strongly about it, why not put Blumpkin up for AfD as well? -- Thesquire (talk - contribs) 16:25, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. This term isn't something "made up in school one day". There is, for instance, this lengthy Washington Post story from 2003 which discusses Guido culture and says "One slang dictionary dates the emergence of the term guido to the late '80s...In the '80s and '90s, the term guido was often derisive and directed at Italians, but the community was ethnically broader than that." -- &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.217.63.35 (talk &bull; contribs) 16:39, 20 January 2006.


 * Keep Notable epithet. Perhaps a new name is in order, however. Youngamerican 18:28, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep and possibly rename per Youngamerican. --Wrathchild (talk) 20:05, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep There is no need to delete this. Guido is a term commonly heard and socially relevant. Deletion would be removing a important article from Wikipedia &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Treyt021 (talk &bull; contribs).
 * Keep - Definitely a noteworthy term and certainly not something "just made up" recently. Cyde Weys  06:08, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - In use since the 80's. Just because one never heard of a term doesn't mean it was 'made up'. &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.87.146.102 (talk &bull; contribs).


 * don't delete - people actually use it &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.0.193.26 (talk &bull; contribs) 20:52, January 19, 2006.


 * Keep.I find it very worrying that wiki administrators suck as "drini" apprently do not even perform cursory background-fact checks on the internet before entering his personal and completely unfounded misconceptions as "resons to delete" in this discussion. The term "guido" and all that it entails is a known term with a long history and it is widely used. And it's all verifiable by spending about 60 seconds with google, etc. Very bad research, drini. Shame on you. &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.157.99.205 (talk &bull; contribs) 08:38, January 24, 2006.


 * Weak Keep, then move to Guido (slang); I have heard of this term (The Amazing Race 1) before, and don't see any harm in keeping it. However, the stench of socks are overpowering here. :P — Ian Manka Talk to me! 03:43, 25 January 2006 (UTC)


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