Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taint (slang) (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   redirect to Perineum.  MBisanz  talk 22:33, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Taint (slang)
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Wikipedia is not a dictionary of slang, and this article has, despite a fair amount of editing, never attained any references or reliable sources that allow it to verifiably expand beyond a dictionary definition. Previous attempts to redirect it to Perineum have been reverted with minimal discussion, but I cannot see any encyclopedic information that could be added to this article that would not simply be a duplication of information in that article, the best this article seems to have got in the past is an unreferenced list of popular culture references. 

It was previously nominated more than two years ago and ended up with no consensus. I would assert that the lack of meaningful improvement since then lends some support to the original arguments made to delete it. ~ mazca  t 20:12, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Change to redirect to Perineum, as the term IS very common, but Wikipedia isn't a dictionary. If a redirect isn't possible, my 2nd choice would be to keep.  P HARMBOY  ( TALK ) 21:28, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Perineum per above. This is a permanently short dicdef, although it's a sort of common slang term for that part of the anatomy. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 23:14, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * redirect per above. It is a widely used slang term but an article on this will have no substance apart from a simple definition. All the reliable sources say (and it's used a lot in some books) it that it's a street slang term ... I can't see anything more - Peripitus (Talk) 04:29, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't object to a delete-and-redirect to Perineum, even if the article itself is unsalvageable, it does sound like it's a fairly widely used term. Not sure why that is - I've never personally had the need to specifically refer to the perineum at all, with a slang word or not! :) ~ mazca  t 12:59, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Since you are the nom, you can always simply change the article to a redirect and withdraw the nom here. Or let it play out to get more input. (I'm fine either way)  You can always point to this AFD in the talk section of the redirect as evidence of concensus.  P HARMBOY  ( TALK ) 19:28, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * That's true, but I'd personally consider it slightly bad form to start an AfD and then withdraw it early when consensus supports me, then point to that as a precedent. I'd rather leave it open for more input and allow someone else to close it - plus, there is a difference between an article getting deleted then replaced with a redirect, or just being blanked and redirected. Thanks ~ mazca  t 06:50, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect This may not be a dictionary of slang, but notable slang does exist and does have a place. This, however, is not notable enough to warrant such, and the original choice of a redirect (from its inception) should be restored, and possibly locked until someone can provide more than enough evidence to justify it being restored. Ottava Rima (talk) 19:47, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Mynameisstanley (talk) 22:33, 11 September 2008 (UTC)Mynameisstanley
 * Delete - Not common slang- can't put in every slang word ever used, only notable ones
 * Delete non-notable slang -- Escape Artist Swyer Talk Contributions 22:46, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect, as common-enough slang. — Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 09:04, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. There are other terms for this, they are not notable slang. Even the slang term is useless as a redirect, the word has too many other meanings - no-one will search for "Taint (slang)", even if they had heard it and wondered what it meant. At most it should be a minor meaning to wiktionary's Taint page. article as it stand doesn't even explain the term (It aint one nor t'other?)Yobmod (talk) 13:04, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note - is already covered in wiktionary to more depth than here.Yobmod (talk) 13:09, 12 September 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.