Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Borg (slang)

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The result of the debate was - deleted - SimonP 03:42, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Borg (slang)

I believe this article has no potential to become encyclopedic. See also Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox and Wikipedia:No_original_research. Etimbo | Talk 11:31, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

  • Keep. I removed the last paragraph. The rest of it seems fine to me. – Pladask 13:33, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
    • The rest of it is wholly biased. In tidying up Wiktionary:borg, I did a Google search. Even in a few minutes of searching it was clear that the verb sense of Wiktionary:Borg is applied to far more than to Microsoft, and the meaning given in this article is at best very misleading. People use it to refer to the actions of Intel, Christianity, fundamentalists, Kevin "Captain Cyborg" Warwick, and even amateur photographers. One could tidy this up, but I'm not convinced that there's an encyclopaedia article to be had, here. The sole purpose of this article as it stands seems to be to duplicate content that already exists in Common criticisms of Microsoft. And correcting it to describe the actual use of the word in its title would yield a dictionary entry. We know where those go. Uncle G 16:15, 2005 May 29 (UTC)
  • This was duplicate content. You could have just merged from Borg (disambiguation) directly to Common criticisms of Microsoft rather than creating a new article with a VFD notice pre-applied. Delete. Uncle G 16:15, 2005 May 29 (UTC)
  • Delete. Resistance is futile. — Phil Welch 23:54, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete dict. def. of questionable accuracy. - SimonP 03:42, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
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