Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drunk dialing

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 NO CONSENSUS. — JIP | Talk 14:36, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Drunk dialing

Basically, a dictionary entry, also possibly a neologism. This article seems to have little potential to become a good encyclopedia article, and therefore I suggest deletion. DannyWilde 14:39, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete; barely a dictdef. Paolo Liberatore (Talk) 16:09, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nominator. Mindmatrix 16:26, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Per nom. PJM 17:10, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• keep or transwiki to wictionary. I would hazard to say that Drunk dialing is a common enough term. I've heard it many times before, when I was in college. The New York Post did an article about it. [1] Also, there is a service the Virgin Moble provides to keep people from drunk dialing. [2], and the term was used in a "respectable" newspaper, the Washington Post. [3], in an article about call phones. Most importantly, I heard my MOTHER use the term. ;) Roodog2k (Hello there!) 18:58, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Seems like there's reasonable potential for expansion, and I've certainly heard the usage on multiple occasions before. -Colin Kimbrell 19:50, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment I probably suffer from a lack of imagination, but how do you propose expanding it? For example, "List of notable drunk dialers", or "Famous drunk dialing scenes from the movies", etc.? --DannyWilde 02:17, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Famous instances from popular culture could work, and so could a comparison with prank calling or a discussion of the changes in brain mechanics resulting from alcohol use that enable the behavior, or a comparison of drunk dialing behaviors in different cultures, or references to the increase in the behavior with the increased popularity of cellphones. In a few more years, maybe a description of a behavioral psychology study. I'm sure there are other things in a similar vein. -Colin Kimbrell 02:55, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Thought of a few more: References to sexual harassment, subsections on the drunken transmittal of text messages or pictures, and a discussion of phone conversations in general and how they relate to the concept of thin slicing, as discussed in Malcolm Gladwell's newest book Blink. There's really quite a lot of material here, if you think about it. -Colin Kimbrell 03:02, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

These seem to be possibilities for original research, rather than notable existing topics. Unless you have some evidence the term is currently notable, I still suggest deletion. --DannyWilde 08:28, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

• I'll agree with roodog2 and vote Keep or transwiki to wiktionary. This is a WIDLEY used term in high school or college and in my opinion certainly deserves its own entry, though admittedly there may be little more to it than a dicdef.jfg284
• Trans-Wiktionary this monstrosity  ALKIVAR™ 23:48, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

What is your reason? -Colin Kimbrell 03:06, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, the virgin mobiles thing makes it encyclopedic. Kappa 03:34, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. There should be inclusion of who uses the term "drunk dialing." SNL tonight had a sketch where Harriet Miers was drunk dialing. And though I've never actually read the books, it sounds like it might be something that Bridget Jones might do (is that true, anyone?). What about music? The term might be in a few pop songs. And there's always this. (After more research) According to this, the concept made the New York Times. Jacqui ^{★ 07:20, 30 October 2005 (UTC)}
  • If the current expansion is the best that can be done with it, I still suggest deletion. --DannyWilde 07:43, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• transwiki - this is mentioned in Sideways when the protag calls his X. (Did you drunk dial)... (I hate that movie) Frequently used term in pop culture. Deserved of dictionary entry, if not more. (Though I don't see the encyclopedic value?) ∴ here…♠ 09:09, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• keep and expand or transwiki if the virgin mobile is enough to expand then it should stay, otherwise transwiki it (Previous unsigned edit by User:Chemturion -Colin Kimbrell 19:05, 31 October 2005 (UTC))
• transwiki notable as a dicdef, but not encyclopedic (at least for now). Could be recreated in future if this becomes more noted in popular culture. Youngamerican 15:22, 1 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.