Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harry (derogatory term) (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. Tone 10:59, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Harry (derogatory term)
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The English version of WP should not be a dictionary of slang words in Norwegian. Jaque Hammer (talk) 13:51, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete and move to Wiktionary-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 14:23, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Norway-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:23, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:24, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. This nominations seems to be grounded solely on WP:IDONTLIKEIT. Article is appropriately referenced and notability is established. This volume of information cannot be moved to Wiktionary, although an article should appropriately be created there as well. __meco (talk) 00:16, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. The Norwegian origins of the term have no bearing on its notability in en:wp, and the article demonstrates notability and is more than just a dicdef.Kate (talk) 12:46, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment by Nom I agree 100% that the article is fun and interesting. However it is really only a dictionary definition. It says: "The best English translation may be 'cheesy' or 'tacky'." Do you think the Norwegian Wikipedia would have articles on cheesy or tacky? Jaque Hammer (talk) 20:38, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, you can take a look at this category and see if you recognize some of these English words. That is not to rebut your argument vis-a-vis this AfD which is a total non-sequitur. __meco (talk) 20:46, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Obviously the Norwegian WP has a different policy about being a dictionary. I can see how these articles would be useful to someone wondering about all those American English expressions which infect other languages. :-) Jaque Hammer (talk) 14:56, 28 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep appropriate discussion of the social phenomena. The distinction between a word and a subject is fuzzy, but it there is information that wouldn't  really fit into a dictionary like Wiktionary, as is the case here, it belong is Wikipedia.    DGG ( talk ) 06:20, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
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