Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GAR (slang)

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. --Coredesat 20:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GAR (slang)

GAR (slang) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Notability evrik ^(talk) 19:34, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Comment (negative) Shouldn't this have been a Speedy Delete as per WP:NFT and WP:OR? (Or just {{db-nonsense}}?) —141.156.240.102 (talk|contribs) 20:28, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - It doesn't really qualify for speedy. Even though it may read like nonsense, the term may in fact be a slang term used in the Anime community. Either way, it is a dicdef, and Wikipedia is [[WP:NOT|not a dictionary. →bobby← 20:47, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - /a/ forgets more before breakfast than most people do all day. --humblefool® 21:38, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. It is a real term, and it even has some sort of contest being set up to determine the most GAR anime character or something, but I don't think it comes even close to meeting notability requirements. --tjstrf Now on editor review! 21:58, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and above. -- Ned Scott 23:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as neologism. (/a/, YOU'RE BREAAAKING MY HEAAAAARRRRRRT) --Merovingian ※ Talk 02:27, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. GAR is one of the single continuous memes that has become pervasive throughout /a/ and /b/, which linguistically alone constitutes true memetic flow. WP:NOT doesn't apply to specific articles with the research quoted.

Delete Has no merit being on Wikipedia if it has no use outside of a small community. 75.16.218.17 02:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete dumb. Danny Lilithborne 02:45, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I agree that "GAR" is only applicable to the Yotsuba community; if it becomes more mainstream, I suppose it would deserve mentioning on a "list of internet slang", though not a single article dedicated to it. Perhaps an article on Wikipedia dedicated to Yotsuba/Slashdot/YTMND slang? However, on this same basis, I should note articles like Equivalent Exchange and Stand Alone Complex be deleted, since they only apply to a single series and have no cultural/literary/scientific significance. 68.189.82.81 02:48, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, prime example of an community-only slang term. Either that or redirect to Bane. -- grm_wnr Esc 03:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete The popularity of this meme is overly exaggerated. It becoming accepted is due to no other reason than constant spamming. An equal is found on 4chans /b/, namely Rozen Maiden Suiseiseki's hallmark, "Desu". Since it's even more "popular" than "Gar" it should indeed pass as an"community-only slang term ready to get it's own article alongside with "Gar". Or why not put up the whole directory of 4chan only memes? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.234.147.96 (talk • contribs) .
  • Well, I am a little sadden that we no longer have anything about Pedobear :( -- Ned Scott 03:27, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

• Comment You know, I think Etherchan or Lurkmore could be of greater relevance when talking about such phenomenon restricted to just a small community such as /a/. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.234.147.96 (talk • contribs) .
  • heh, you've already "voted".. -- Ned Scott 06:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
    • He probably doesn't mean any harm. At any rate, it's a valid comment, and I've tagged it as such rather than striking it out. --tjstrf Now on editor review! 08:19, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete This sounds like it could be integrated into the 4chan article under "Memes" but it definitely doesn't warrant its own article. Ariah 18:18, 10 November 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.