Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of clichés in online personal ads


 * 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 no consensus. Mailer Diablo 12:37, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

List of clichés in online personal ads
Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, such as a list of supposedly clichéd common phrases and archetypes. Furthermore, the contention that each member of this list has become clichéd is POV, and contains large elements of original research. This is especially true of online personal ads, which are too recent a phenomenon to be said to have become clichéd. NatusRoma | Talk 20:19, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep or transfer to wikibooks or wikisource. Very interesting list which should be available somewhere, if not on Wikipedia. Hektor 20:49, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep: I created this page mostly because it was linked off of List_of_clich%C3%A9_lists. What is and isn't cliche is to an extent POV, true, but there has been mass-media coverage of the subject of personal ad cliches, and I thought it was a germane topic here. Some of the cliches are without a doubt part of the cultural lexicon w.r.t. the general perception of personal ads, in particular "No fatties", "MySpace Angles", "good sense of humor", and straight men posing as lesbians. Also, online personal ads have been around for nearly a decade...that's "too recent" of a phenomenon for Wikipedia?Thunderbunny 21:02, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete per nom. Fluit 07:25, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Transwiki &mdash; RJH 15:41, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. (No other option makes sense.)  &mdash; Arthur Rubin |  (talk) 00:03, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep article could prove useful with a little work and consensus. Cliche's are notable. --The_stuart 04:08, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep all cliches.  Grue   14:30, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems to be a bad faith nomination as cliches are generally notable. - CNichols 19:03, 16 May 2006 (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.