Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/French (euphemism)

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. - Mailer Diablo 05:46, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] French (euphemism)

I hereby vote for the deletion of this non-encyclopedic, unsourced, unquoted, piece of... and pure nonsense created, and filled, by a single editor User:Brookie. This is not even an article but the pure delirium of a kind of francophobe (lit. "who fears the French") teen watching a comedy kid TV show, the Simpsons, and trying to expand it to an encyclopedic article, without references nor quotes. Everyone can create the same fake "article" and exchange the "French" term by "English" and you have the anglophobe version English (euphemism). Since, just like the French are nicknamed the Frogs, the Brits are named the "Roastbeef" by the French in reference to William Hogarth's "O! The Roast Beef of Old England" painting but you won't find a such "article" in the French wiki. The grudge of the British against the French can be tracked back to their defeat at the 100 Years War whose aftermaths are still living in the English Wikipedia "Result: Costly but decisive French victory", not even WWII nor any other wars are "COSTLY BUT", "costly to win" or "costly to admit"? But there's no need to feed this nonsense any longer. Churchill supported the Fighting French during WWII and the US secretly backed-up the French during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, even though President Jacques Chirac was against the 2003 intervention in Irak, he secretly sent the elite French SAS commandos to support the US in Afghanistan.Cliché Online 13:36, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - it is an important subject and is frequently dealt with in language reference books - what an extraordinary rant the above is! BTW I counted at least 14 other registered users contributing to this article - as well as various unregistered users - so to claim that I was the sole contributor (not that that is in any way relevent anyway) is quite wrong. The above user also has not declared his interest as a French Wikipedian ....Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! ^(Whisper...) 14:24, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that. BTW I have not declared I listen to We Are The Only Friends We Have feat. American Hearts by Piebald, it might be relevant as well. Cliché Online 15:09, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep and create English (euphemism), too, while we're at it. Deli nk 18:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I could see the potential notability of an article on French-English or French-American rivalry in pop culture, (especially after "Freedom Fries," et al.) This is not that article. This article is purely anti-French POV. --Roninbk 19:00, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete CSD A6. I can't even believe this is even pondered being kept. This is a useless list of info, more suitable for urban dictionary. Hobbeslover ^{talk/contribs} 22:12, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. WP is not a dictionary. Pavel Vozenilek 22:24, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
• Comment This article decently needs a POV cleanup. Perhaps it could be merged into British slang, Gay slang, Sexual slang and others respectively. Seano1 22:48, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Pavel, Hobbeslover. Angus McLellan (Talk) 10:01, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete except for its impressive collection of obscenity and insults, this list is absolutely useless. By the way, about the "cheese eating surrender monkeys" quote, the person who had added this in the article probably don't know, the British and Belgians allies were wiped too by the Blitzkrieg Battle of France and therefore are part of the so-called "monkeys" (North remaining allied British, French, Belgian troops departed to England through Dunkerque harbour and South remaining French troops departed to French Algeria through Toulon harbour). It's just the Simpsons, a kids show, with its racist stereotypes (see the German (Üter), the Belgian (Milhouse), the Scottish/Irish (Willie & Seamus) --even the American is portrayed as stupid (Homer) though--) is probably not the most reliable source to create an article on Wikipedia. American director Frank Capra did good documentaries about the Battle of France, they are a bit more educative and definitely recommended for all Simpsons watching ignorant monkeys. Shame On You 13:25, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete C'est la merde. ~ trialsanderrors 01:43, 19 September 2006 (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.