Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coon (disambiguation)

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The result of the debate was Keep. NSR (talk) 13:33, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Coon (disambiguation)

• Delete. This is not a disambiguation page for various Wikipedia articles Coon, merely a sly chance to air a slur. --Wetman 07:48, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. I rewrote it some (and made the ethnic slur wikilink go to ethnic slur, not the list--edit:blast, guess it goes to that anyway). I have to respectfully disagree. Even if it was, just because it isn't pleasant doesn't mean it isn't the case. The first two versions of the word are in current use, at least, and the last is an actual brand.--DNicholls 08:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Alternatively, concerning the redirect of coon to raccoon, we could make raccoon the first choice (redirect) and include there a link to the disambig page. Although it might do to consult on that talk page first.--DNicholls 08:06, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

• Keep all those terms are uses of the word. I agree that Raccoon should be the first choice as per DNicholls. Hamster Sandwich 08:36, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep in light of DNicholls' edit. Fernando Rizo T/C 10:31, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

• Keep I created this disambiguation article specifically because there was a comment on Coon cheese in the nigger article without any background on its validity as a trademark and it has been a subject of occasional debate in Australia. I don't agree with having Raccoon be the first choice however as I've never even heard of that abbreviation until now. (The US is not the centre of the universe guys!) I would argue that very few people would search for Coon to find Raccoon. I vote for leaving the article as is in terms of linkage. Garglebutt 11:45, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Re the 'coon' equal or not equal to 'raccoon', what about the word/phrase 'coon dog' ? To which meaning do you imagine it refers ? --Simon Cursitor 09:09, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep on the light of the recent edits.-Poli (talk • contribs) 14:42, 2005 July 26 (UTC)
• Keep useful disambiguation. Capitalistroadster 18:13, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Looks like a pretty standard disambig page to me. slambo 18:34, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Those unfamiliar with this term could easily be confused by a reference to it, and turn to Wikipedia for help. -leigh (φθόγγος) 21:15, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
• Move to Coon. I'm under the impression that in the absence of a "main entry" article, dab pages should go without the "(disambiguation)" notice in the title, rather than having what we have here — Coon redirecting to Coon (disambiguation). (But certainly keep, as a useful dab, regardless of ethnic-slur-ness. Heck, the dab page for Hebe mentions it as one spelling of "heeb"!) --Quuxplusone 02:06, 1 August 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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.