Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teflon (nickname) (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. Sole !keep argument is not addressing the deletion arguments. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:49, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Teflon (nickname)
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I'm a little on the fence about this one, but...this article really just seems like a bunch of listcruft, despite the sources&mdash;speaking of that, most of the articles in the list of "uses" (examples) are sourced, but there are no sources for the term itself. It seems like random users just popped in over time and listed their favorite Teflon-like public figure. (I didn't notify the article creator because s/he retired back in 2010.)  Erpert  blah, blah, blah... 09:07, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
 * SN: You can tell that this article was created back in simpler times, considering that the first AfD resulted in an NAC "keep" closure despite some "delete" !votes being present.  Erpert  blah, blah, blah...
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. North America1000 02:54, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
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 * delete per nom - David Gerard (talk) 09:56, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:19, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:19, 9 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. It's just an indiscriminate list of anytime anyone has been described as teflon, which is a fairly common and fleeting metaphor. I can tell you that Stephen Harper is remembered here in many ways, but "teflon" isn't one of them. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:25, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - Any public figure who avoids damage from scandals is likely to be called "teflon" at some stage. &mdash; Rwxrwxrwx (talk) 20:14, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and terms such as this are worthy of pages. If you feel the list reflects bias than delete it. But the article itself should be kept. Charles Essie (talk) 00:51, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia; it does not (generally) have pages about terms. That is the job of a dictionary; see WP:NOTDIC. &mdash; Rwxrwxrwx (talk) 01:09, 16 October 2016 (UTC)


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