Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mudflap


 * 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   no consensus. Yes, it wanders into dicdef territory, but equally it could be argued that many articles about parts of vehicles do that. I have tidied up the OR Black Kite 08:43, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Mudflap

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Article consists of a dicdef that appears accurate, a rather selective piece of fancy which is not particularly encyclopedic or informative, and another dicdef of a slang use of the term. No references and no serious improvements to the article since its creation on 6 Feb 2006. I do not see how this article can ever be more than a dicdef - perhaps someone else can. Emeraude (talk) 13:55, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Mudguard. It's the same thing. -- neon white talk 15:40, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Except Mudguard redirects to Fender (vehicle), which is far from the same thing.Emeraude (talk) 16:13, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Mudguard is still included in that article. -- neon white talk 17:47, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak delete per nom; the article isn't adding much of value. It looks to me like Fender (vehicle) uses the word "mudguard" in a different way, that is not synonymous with "mudflap", which would make a redirect illogical. Propaniac (talk) 19:47, 8 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Weak keep I don't think that the dicdef problem is insurmountable, and it strikes me that a lot of the content in mudflap girl should come back to this article to help round it out. Also, don't merge to mudguard; mudflap is to mudguard as necktie is to cravat. Related, but different objects. &mdash;/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 20:22, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete per WP:NOTABILITY and WP:NOT
 * The first paragraph is a single sentence dictionary definition; indisputably a dictionary definition
 * Third paragraph can merge to the mullet haircut article.
 * That leaves us with the middle paragraph. All but the first two sentences are about the mudflap girl.
 * While some flaps are plain rubber, many contain company logos or other art.
 * One popular image is cartoon character Yosemite Sam with the words “Back Off!”.
 * is all that remains, and anyone still believes this to belong in wikipedia? Sentriclecub (talk) 23:38, 10 October 2008 (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.