Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Da' Hood

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 (but a reasonable option is the redireect to the valid disambig page Da Hood, so this is done). `'mikka (t) 03:23, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Da' Hood

Slang dicdef... presents the usual problems. Is it the 'hood? Da Hood? Da' hood? Who knows! Just doesn't really seem like an encyclopedic topic since there's not much in the way of verifiable information to use... just rap lyrics and so on. We have articles on Housing projects, the inner city and ebonics where this could be much better covered. --W.marsh 19:15, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Slang, dicdef, and that first sentence ("Da' Hood (ebonics for "the neighborhood") is a dwelling place for many African Americans") is offensive and possibly racist KleenupKrew 20:59, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Did you care to check who wrote it before jumping to conclusions? `'mikka (t) 21:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
    • OK you got me there. But I still say delete since it's a dicdef, and if kept the first sentence needs a rewrite. in fact I'll do it right now. KleenupKrew 20:54, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
• conditional delete. The term does have some social connotations beyond a mere slang dicdef, but the main problem with the article is lack of reputable sources. The vote will be changed after wikipedia:Verifiability requirements will be satisfied. `'mikka (t) 21:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
• Note. Meanwhile check out Da Hood. `'mikka (t) 21:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Unnecessary and inflammatory. --Coredesat talk 22:40, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Expand and make the article grow. Falconleaf

The issue is over whether this is possible. The very title of the page is arbitrary, it seems. --W.marsh 02:34, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

• Redirect to Da Hood, which is a valid disambiguation page. Yamaguchi先生 08:58, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect per Yamaguchi先生 the phrase itself doesn't need its own article. Eluchil404 18:48, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
• keep I think wikipedia would be better if this was included. And also the sentence "Da' Hood is a dwelling place for many African Americans" is not offensive or racist because it is a true fact.--Taida 19:25, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Sorry but there are plenty of urban dictionaries for this sort of thing--Ccosta 03:14, 3 July 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.