Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skank (3rd 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. The two "keep" arguments are weak, and the "redirect" opinions don't want to keep the content either. Any subsequent move, redirect, rename etc. is an editorial matter.  Sandstein  18:40, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Skank
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It was nominated for deletion twice in 2006 because it was a dicdef; it survived both as "no consensus", but two years later it's still basically a dicdef. I think this should be deleted and Skank (disambiguation) should be moved to Skank. --Bongwarrior (talk) 23:50, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Move Skank (dance) to Skank. Why is this even at AfD? Either the root article should be the most common name or it should be the disambig. No-brainer. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 00:20, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Slut or move/disambiguate as suggested above. No doubt that the term skank is a dictionary definition (possibly Slut is too but that's for another place). However, there is apparently valid content or at least a redirect that can go to Skank, so no deletion needed. I fear this AFD will be deluged with people who've heard the term skank and think we thusly need an article on it... but really, what on earth can we do with this term except define it and give examples? That's not for an encyclopedia, it's a dictionary definition. Part of "Wikipedia is not a dictionary" means being judicious about getting rid of dictionary definitions masquerading as encyclopedia articles. --Rividian (talk) 01:25, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability is established. I know so many irl. Testmasterflex (talk) 03:39, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to slut. they pretty much mean the same thing  C t j f 8 3 Talk 04:07, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: Dictdef.  We don't redirect one dictionary definition to another, and "skank" is not "slut."  It is employed for a range of meanings, most of them implying lack of hygiene rather than promiscuity, and it is similarly a far more recent and unstable bit of slang, so no redirect, no merge.  Delete the dictionary definition.  We are not UrbanDictionary.  Utgard Loki (talk) 16:33, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to slut, to avoid this skanky dicdef. The disambiguation between skank and slut stated in this article is uncited original research, so there is no point in merging it. -Verdatum (talk) 16:46, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete and then move Skank (disambiguation) to this title. Per WP:NOT.  There is nothing to say on this subject other than a definition that belongs (and already is) in Wiktionary.  The dab page can also point to the Wiktionary definition for the term. Robert A.West (Talk) 02:31, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep: I just heard the word in a movie, English is not my mothertongue, and I am very grateful for finding it explained here. That's what an encyclopedia is for, isn't it? --87.234.145.146 (talk) 23:33, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It's what a dictionary is for. --Rividian (talk) 12:23, 23 August 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.