Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yak shaving (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 '''Leave a redirect to wiktionary. Wikipedia is not a dictionary and no sound argument has been provided regarding that concern.'''. Pascal.Tesson 04:25, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Yak shaving
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no reliable sources apart from its origin and a very shaky notability - its claim is unsourced, and only a few blogs have picked up on the term. Will (talk) 07:37, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I've read the previous nominations and still can't find a reason to keep this article. Not hardly notable IMO.  Wikidudeman  (talk) 13:30, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, a major source is the Jargon File, a dictionary of hacker slang which has been published in book form. --Dhartung | Talk 15:59, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, and there is an entry on yak shaving on wiktionary, which is. Moonriddengirl 16:12, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to wiki dictionary as it is just a definition now. Corpx 16:19, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The article already exists on Wiktionary. Will (talk) 16:20, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete then :) Corpx 16:46, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - It admits it's a neologism. How much does it take to cite this with WP:NEO?  Cool Blue  talk to me 21:03, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:N and WP:NEO. VanTucky  (talk) 22:27, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep; it's a widely used expression, though the article could use improvement. SparsityProblem 23:46, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, as there may be "reliable sources" for a neologism per WP:NEO, section 3. Bearian 00:58, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, I first read about this term in Make Magazine (issue #1 I believe). I've been using it ever since and pointing friends to this article. torypatnoe
 * Keep Widely used and moderately amusing.--Patented duck 04:44, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - There is not much to say about Yak shaving, at least not much if you use WP:RS material independent of the topic itself. This topic is not something that is going to grow over time - it seems to have run its 15 minutes of fame course. If the results are keep, I would not have a problem with a quick turn around on posting AfD #4 for this article. --  Jreferee  (Talk) 04:46, 2 August 2007 (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.