Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of words coined in popular culture


 * 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   delete.  Sandstein  07:06, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

List of words coined in popular culture

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Is this a list for the encyclopedia? UtherSRG (talk) 08:08, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * It's supposed to be a list, yes, like this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites. Is there a better way of assembling such a list on Wikipedia? Mallyvai (talk) 08:26, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, I'm well aware of list-type articles. I've written a few myself. But instead of tagging this for CSD, I figured I'd bring the discussion to a wide audience to see if this particular list is one we want. Hence why my listing comment is "Is this a list for the encyclopedia?" not "delete this". - UtherSRG (talk) 08:55, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Subject already covered much more comprehensively at Neologism. I would suggest merging with that content and expanding that page a lot more than splitting off at this stage.  Thus I would go for merge and redirect . --  role player 09:09, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Agree with above comment —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephencdickson (talk • contribs) 12:26, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete, and delete redirect to it. What is this nonsense? I disagree with redirecting: the redirect would fall under CSD:R3; who's going to look for it? &mdash; Timneu22 · talk 13:06, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete although not speedy. This one practically has a "kick me" sign on its back, inadvertently combining three things that seem to irritate a lot of people-- "list", "in popular culture" and a reference to "The Simpsons".  Regarding speedy, I'd punctuate the "What is this nonsense?" question as "What, is this nonsense?" or "What is this, nonsense?" and answer it as no.  While I can see room for a sourced list of words that were introduced by books or TV, we're beyond the days of making stubs.  If we do have such a list, it's important to note that there are a lot of words we use every day that were said to have been introduced into the language by William Shakespeare .  Mandsford 14:01, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * That's kind of what I was hoping to get across with my "m&r" comment above, and the fact that the neologisms article covers this kind of subject without having to create a list of them. I see what you are saying regarding the "kick me" sign, and the comment regarding WP:OR below, and thus change my decision to delete. --  role player 18:40, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete - Seems like it will inevitably be filled with WP:OR. I fear it will end up looking too much like Urban Dictionary. P. D. Cook  Talk to me! 15:15, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:16, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete if by popular culture they mean whatever meme of the moment or in the past that the editors like to talk about, well then, its got to go. but the truth is, every word ever created was done so within the framework of the culture it came out of, and came into common use within some significant portion of the culture, thus, a "popular" section of the culture. so it really should be a list of all words, which i think just might be somewhat silly here.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 08:19, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Ironically I think the problem here is not that the scope of the article is too narrow, but that it's too wide. There are thousands of words, slang phrases and figures of speech which were originally drawn from popular culture; that's sort of what culture is, a way of injecting new things into the shared consciousness. But of course Wikipedia's Sixth Law kicks in, so instead of an article on words contributed by Shakespeare we get one on kwyjibo and malamanteau. In its present form this is nothing but fancruft flypaper and we're better not encouraging that. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 08:57, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete It's not sourced for one. It's also not categorized.  This is also a broad list and I can see the argument arising: "If this word can be included, then why can't this one?"  You know, WP:OTHERCRAP.   Mr. C.C. Hey yo!I didn't do it! 17:20, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as indiscriminate on many levels; what is popular culture, what words are notable enough, and who coined them? Abductive  (reasoning) 01:29, 21 May 2010 (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.