Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scally

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 KEEP. Bucketsofg 14:23, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scally

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• I have no opinion on whether this should stay or go, but it seems very OR, NN & poorly written. Sounds like some teen or angry parent has written it. What does everyone think? Thanks, Spawn Man 23:55, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete dicdef plus uncited plus orignal research. Guy (Help!) 00:04, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. Iff uncleanuppable redirect to Chav. Tonywalton  | Talk 11:23, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect Chav. Demiurge 16:20, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, trialsanderrors 01:47, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

• Relisting because the AfD tag was missing from the article. This should run for another five days. ~ trialsanderrors 01:47, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect Chav per Demiurge Darkspots 02:52, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Seems to be just as notable as Chav, Townies, etc. Don't merge- doesn't seem to be the same as Chav. --- RockMFR 03:46, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep not harmful and not exactly original research. Atlantis Hawk 05:32, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep: well known British phenomenon and very used word. Do not redirect, it's not quite the same as a chav. Ben W Bell talk 07:21, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I'm an American, never been to the United Kingdom but I've heard this term on a number of ocassions. A quick google search will show that its a widely used term as well and a real subculture. --The Way 08:08, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Per above. --さくら木 10:23, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Easily verifiable, and certainly as widely used in GB as similar terms are in the US. It does need cleanup though, and I'm not sure whether or not the image is appropriate to the subject. →Bobby← 15:02, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
• Move to Wiktionary since it is a self described "slang term" and a well used word is still a word.Edison 16:32, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Comment As far as I'm aware, it's not simply a slang term but rather a term to describe an entire subculture of British youth. As such, it deserves an article. --The Way 04:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep As others have said: Completely different to Chavs, etc. --Skully Collins ^Edits 23:01, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - too encyclopaedic for wiktionary. Needs a cleanup though.Cas Liber 23:07, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Scally and Chav are not quite the same, well not in North West England. Afd is not about how well an article is written, but wheter or not it fulfills Wikipedia's goldern rules Notability etc. Mike33 10:28, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - badly written article, but scally 'culture' has been around on Merseyside for 30 years and the term is well known. Pete Fenelon 01:30, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - This article just needs editing down basically. I'll submitted bits to this page before, so I'll have a go at a total clean up later today. It's important to keep this, as it does chronicle an interesting social sub-culture. Arguably the first of it's type in the country.(For better or worse!) --Johncollinswork 09:43, 25 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.