Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Howdy

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 03:16, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)

Howdy
A dictionary definition with no real hope for becoming an article. -Rholton 02:18, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to Wiktionary - Mailer Diablo 03:31, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, slang dictionary definition. Megan1967 03:56, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete.. Or Wiktionary. Tygar 04:29, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Wiktionary had had howdy for two months prior to the creation of this article. Delete. Uncle G 12:00, 2005 Mar 9 (UTC)
 * Keep might be slang, but so is fuck and we have a good article on that. There's at least half a century of history to this term, let it grow.  Article is just a stub but already has interesting cultural reference that wouldn't be found in a dictionary (i.e. its association with Texas A&M) Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  15:14, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * I think that the Texas A&M reference is a bit of parochial hijacking, to be honest. If the term symbolizes anything, it's far more likely to symbolize John Wayne. Uncle G 01:54, 2005 Mar 10 (UTC)
 * Delete. Dicdef and some crap written by a Texas A&M student that is not by any means encyclopedic. This is probably a speedy. -R. fiend 20:39, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per UncleG. Radiant! 10:29, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. If Wiktionary already has a definition of the phrase, I think that's enough. This could probably be expanded into something worthy of Wikipedia, but this article definitely isn't it, and I don't see anybody stepping up to do the necessary legwork on it.  As it stands the article's just an Aggie vanity (and no, I'm not just saying that because I'm a Longhorn). Katefan0 15:11, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nothing here except a dicdef and vanity trivia. Gazpacho 23:41, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per UncleG. Kim Bruning 01:14, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Probably much more associated in the public mind with Minnie Pearl than with Texas A&M; even so, "hat price tag" doesn't merit an article and neither does "Howdy".  Aggiecruft.  Rlquall 05:38, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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