Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cheapskating

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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 of the debate was delete. Ingoolemo talk 05:42, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cheapskating

Little used slang term. Supposedly from Motley Fool, but googling cheapskating "Motley Fool" returns nothing aside from this stub. Text implies it is synonymous with frugal living, but Google results show little currency for this use. Dforest 13:33, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Comment: Like tightwaddery, cheapskating is a pejorative term, but frugality is a virtue. The current text states it is "often incorrectly confused with cheapness or miserliness". So I don't think it appropriate to redirect there. We have cheapskate, which IMO should probably be redirected to miser. Dforest 08:31, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

I am relisting this AFD in hopes it might accrue further comment. Regards encephalon 03:13, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete. "Cheapskating" is not a word. Cheapskate is not a verb. User:Zoe|(talk) 03:36, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete this atrociously ungrammatical neologism. Worst case, if you really think someone is going to type it into the search box, make a redirect to frugality, as per User:fuddlemark. —HorsePunchKid→龜 04:16, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect to cheapskate. Deltabeignet 04:37, 10 November 2005 (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.