Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Niggerball (2nd nomination)


 * 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 --Patar knight - chat/contributions 01:51, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Niggerball
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Prodded by SlimVirgin (rationale given was "The article has been unsourced since its creation in 2005, when it was created with the edit summary "Info from personal experience." I've been unable to find a source not derived from this article."). However, as there has already been an AfD for this article, I feel that it should go through AfD once more. NW ( Talk ) 16:49, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Still unsourced after all this time. It's a holdover from the earlier days, when all you needed was personal experience as your source, and all it took for a keep was a couple of people saying "I've heard of this too". Mandsford (talk) 16:59, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete the article on the song by jeremy taylor show links to the lyrics, which confirm this phrase is in the song. however, it doesnt specifically state what the word means in this context (though im sure it does refer to the candy, thats not enough, as my brain is not a reliable source). This being the only documented use of the word that i can find, and given that its a hugely insulting pejorative, we would need strong documentation that this phrase was used commonly, otherwise this is really just a mean spirited joke posing as an article.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 17:20, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Per Mandsford. No apparent sources after several years of waiting. Steven Walling  21:04, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep The article was indefinite semi-protected. Neither IP User or not established user could edit this page. Tb hotch Ta lk C.  21:21, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It doesn't take that long to become an "established user". The whole purpose of semi-protection is to deter vandalism.  Generally, a person who hides behind an IP address probably doesn't have anything scholarly to contribute to an article with this name.   Mandsford (talk) 01:38, 4 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete No evidence of notability as a term suitible for an encyclopedia article. Possibly worthy of inclusion in a sister project like Wiktionary, but there isn't anything here to justify keeping this article, given the lack of indepth reliable sources which establish this as a reasonable wikipedia article.  -- Jayron  32  22:02, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete A search for "Niggerball" returned almost false positives, and the summary when created "based on personal experience" matches WP:OR. Oh, and did I forget to mention it doesn't even have an article on the Afrikaans Wikipedia, so why here? Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 03:20, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. It was created in 2005 with the edit summary "Info from personal experience," and no sourced has been added since. I looked for one and couldn't find one that was independent of this article. SlimVirgin  talk  contribs 08:35, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:16, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, more trouble than it's worth and not supported by references. Not sure what I was thinking four years ago when I wanted to keep this. Grand  master  ka  23:51, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per the above. While it may be accurate, it's not verifiable. The article has been moved from semi-protected to just move-protected, so if there are sources and facts to add in support, now's the time. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 12:21, 8 April 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.