Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Straphanger (2nd nomination)

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. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 11:25, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Straphanger

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Blatant dicdef, should be transferred to Wiktionary. There should be a page for Straphanger (film) created but this is unencyclopedic content Robbielatchford 09:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

First AfD (Keep) which ended on February 18, 2007. --Oakshade 02:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete the content is exactly a dictionary defintion. -- Whpq 21:53, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - The 1st AfD for this (which result was decidedly "keep") ended less than a month ago and I find this AfD distruptive. I'll cut and paste exactly what I wrote in the first one - A real and encyclopedic topic. More important in places with crowded subway trains like New York. --Oakshade 02:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
• Transwiki. This is referenced like a dicdef, it's constructed like a dicdef, and that's because it is a dicdef. I congratulate the editors involved on the excellent work, but well written dicdefs belong on Wiktionary, and at present there's no wikt:Straphanger. Angus McLellan (Talk) 02:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Uncle G reminded me that even if transwikied, there's a place for a Straphanger page to disambiguate the various uses. So, even if this goes to Wiktionary, a page is still needed here. Angus McLellan (Talk) 13:41, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
• keep well referenced concept, refers to the broader culture of mass-transit riders & more than just a dicdef. How is this up again 1 month after the previous AfD? Cornell Rockey 12:22, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
• Comment - I don't see this article as being well-referenced. The references provided were the word is used. -- Whpq 17:54, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. This article is about a concept and, to a certain extent, a cultural image. It is not inherently a dicdef, and so does not fall under WP:WINAD. -- Black Falcon 22:07, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. While I am somewhat sympathetic to the argument that this article is "a dictionary definition," I agree much more with those that argue that this is an important cultural phenomenon. I know that many public-transit citizens campaigns are called "Straphangers' Campaigns" or "Straphangers' Committees," another cultural phenomenon. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cjs56 (talk • contribs) 23:11, 19 March 2007 (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.