Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wedgie (5th 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   keep. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:23, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Wedgie
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This is a term, not a encyclopedic article and its already covered in School prank. Cannot be expanded much farther than a dictionary definition. Stickulus (talk) 09:33, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Neutral. Borderline encyclopedic value. For expansion, what about the dangers section, which has a reference to the Yorkshire Post already? Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:56, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:57, 5 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Redirect to School Prank - the issue with this article is that is very little significant coverage of wedgies alone in books and academic articles on school pranks - it is invariably mentioned, but I see no evidence of independent notability. --Anthem 10:40, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Lots Of Vandalism on Topic due to it being a prank or joke. Not worth hassles of undoing vandalism, may add protection to page as alternative but rather delete for convenience Stickulus (talk) 10:55, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Being a target for vandalism isn't a valid reason for deletion. Maybe you'd like to nominate George W. Bush for deletion based on your rationale?  Lugnuts  (talk) 17:00, 5 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep, legitimate topic for an encyclopedia article, it's sourced and contains more info than the section at School prank. I don't understand why this in the list of language-related deletion discussions, though, since wedgies have nothing to do with language. —Angr (talk) 14:58, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Nom is arguing for deletion based on it being a dicdef. I considered it enough grounds to list at the languages board. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:59, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, a very particular word that needs encyclopedic explanation, especially for foreigners. In my country it's not a familiar prank and we like to be able to look up the word when it occurs in books. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.101.189.209 (talk) 15:44, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep- encyclopedic subjects deserve encyclopedic articles, and this is an encyclopedic article, nominator's assertion aside. Umbralcorax (talk) 20:07, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep The topic is notable, being covered in detail in sources such as College Men and Masculinities. Warden (talk) 20:52, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, the school prank article doesn't give as much detail as the article itself, for example it doesn't list variations of wedgie. Matthew Fennell (talk) 20:26, 10 June 2011 (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.