Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/My bad


 * 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. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 22:27, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

My bad

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WP:NOT SageGreenRider (talk) 23:59, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - enough coverage of the phrase and its origin, even with a British linguistics professor analyzing it., , ,  .  —Мандичка YO 😜 03:20, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep: notable phrase, as demonstrated by the references in the article. StAnselm (talk) 10:13, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: If it were as notable as you guys said it would have an article that was more than two sentences and have far more reputable sources than 2. I'll change my mind if you can at least lengthen it to 2 paragraphs, but less than that just seems silly. Mrmoustache14 (talk) 23:42, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. North America1000 05:25, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America1000 05:25, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete as dictionary material, As someone who uses the phrase more often than not even I don't think it needs article, Would be better off at Wiki Dictionary or whatever it's called. – Davey 2010 Talk 01:05, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 05:20, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete – as this is nothing more than a definition + etymology, and will never be more than that, it belongs in the Wiktionary and not Wikipedia. The two 'keep' votes refer to the reputability of the references, but don't address the fact that those references are still offering nothing more than an etymology, and a dictionary is the right place for etymology. Aspirex (talk) 07:18, 7 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOT. Unlikely to expand beyond a dictionary definition. --Michig (talk) 09:26, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep/merge WP:DICDEF doesn't tell us to delete stuff; it tells us to group topics by their meaning not their spelling.  The similar topics of sorry, apology, mea culpa, excuse me and pardon are all blue links and so should this be too.  Getting it all together in a sensible way is a matter of ordinary editing, not deletion per WP:PRESERVE.  As for notability, here's an entire book on the subject. Andrew D. (talk) 10:22, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The book "My Bad" isn't about the phrase itself. It is a collection of the best of this year's most exquisitely squirm-inducing pleas for forgiveness . The Excuse me blue link goes to a film of that title. Sorry is a disambig page which list e.g. the game titled Sorry! Same thing for "apology". "Pardon" is about the encyclopedia-worthy legal concept "Pardon is the postponement of punishment..." . "Mea culpa" is a dictionary definition this has a merge tag on it. WP:DICDEF does indeed call for deletion in cases where it is appropriate to do so. SageGreenRider (talk) 12:34, 7 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOT. Andrew D.'s keep !vote is based on errors, per SageGreenRider's comment. Alsee (talk) 16:24, 7 November 2015 (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.