Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DQN

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The result of the debate was No Consensus/Keep. Redwolf24 (talk) 02:31, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DQN

Should be moved to Wiktionary or deleted. Reason: Wikipedia is not a dictionary Zerofoks | Talk 07:55:45, 2005-08-13 (UTC)

• Delete appears to be website-specific slang. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:55, August 13, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Agree with above. Fernando Rizo T/C 17:05, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. DQN is the Japanese equivalent of luser and is widely used in Japanese internet culture. - Thatdog 04:02, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Well, that article does not abide by Wikipedia's policies, either, or does it? zerofoks 14:16:58, 2005-08-15 (UTC)

• Keep I found this article useful, with all the places where people use "DQN" many people do not know what it means. Not "website-specific slang." --richjkl 20:24, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

I agree that it is not "website-specific slang", however my objection regarding Wikipedia's policies still stands. Would you say that it is somehow invalid in this case? zerofoks 20:52:02, 2005-08-15 (UTC)

Relisting on August 23. I'm leaning towards delete but I only count about two valid votes in the above. Too many newcomers and suspected socks. Five more days. --Tony Sidaway^Talk 19:37, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

• Have we got a "Japanese online slang" article to redirect this to? Otherwise, delete. Also commend Tony for handling this VfD like this. --fvw* 19:42, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

  PS: I've discussed this with User:Thatdog and agree with him that I was probably applying criteria too aggressive for this kind of discussion. I probably would have closed this with keep if I had counted his vote. --Tony Sidaway^Talk 22:35, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. First Post and other catchphrases that have website-specific origins and have their own articles. However, a redirect to 4chan or 2ch could work fine, since that's where some other of their memes are listed.
• Keep more than just a dict-def. --TimPope 21:51, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
• It's an article about the meaning, usage and origins of a word or phrase. That's a dictionary definition. Transwiki to Wiktionary and delete from Wikipedia. (I would also accept endorse the content with the soft redirect, Template:Wi.) Rossami (talk) 22:50, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
• Notably source and then trans-wiki per Rossami. JDoorjam 01:45, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
• Comment ja:DQN redirects to ja:2ちゃんねる用語, we could do the same and merge to 2ch. --zippedmartin 02:25, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
• Merge with 2ch per zippedmartin. I'm sure the Japanese know best about their own language. Radiant_>|< 07:23, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
• Comment If deleted, please make sure to redirect it to a page where the phrase is easy to spot. I've seen this article often refered to when the frequently asked question "What is DQN?" shows up. This is not a 2ch specific phrase. -- 129.241.146.239 17:20, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep/Merge 2ch - This is IMPOSSIBLE to find anywhere else on the internet. I found this article by sheer force of luck. It's also a really powerful, popular meme like first post, or pwn Gamera2 08:50, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

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