Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tightwaddery

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 of the debate was redirect. Ingoolemo ^talk 06:28, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tightwaddery

A dysphemism for frugality taken to an extreme. As we have frugality, simple living, and miser, I don't see reason to have a separate article for this. Dforest 14:07, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per nomination. Dforest 14:13, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect to miser. Dforest 13:09, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to frugality. You did well to realise that we already had that article around; you don't need an AfD vote to take the next step. --fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 17:00, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to frugality. Gets over 800 hits on Google, so someone's using the term, but I agree that it doesn't need a separate article. BrianSmithson 17:01, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to frugality. PJM 17:47, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
• Comment that's not an appropriate redirect. "Tightwaddery" (like similar terms ending in "-ery", such as "do-goodery" or "snobbery") is generally a dismissive and pejorative usage while "frugality" is neutral. Tonywalton  | Talk 22:30, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Do you think a redirect to miser would be more appropriate? We have an article on cheapskates; that's another option. —BrianSmithson 02:48, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

That might preserve the connotation better, IMHO. Tonywalton  | Talk 12:02, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Right. As it seems we have consensus to redirect, I agree that miser is the right choice. For that matter, tightwad and cheapskate should also redirect there. Dforest 13:09, 5 November 2005 (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.