Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Firehosing

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 Transwiki to Wiktionary. Owen× ☎ 18:46, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Firehosing

Dictionary definition combined with a little bit of unencyclopedic personal opinion - squibix 13:21, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Removed the unencyclopedic personal opinion. Dunno what to do about the dictionary definition part - Scott 17:44, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

• Don't you just love the irony if we vote to delete it? The question is "Is this slang?" Deferring vote. If it is slang, then it needs to be deleted; if not, it might be worth saving, but I don't know right now. B.Wind 04:49, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Doing a google search on the term didn't bring up very much. I found it referenced on some sites on leadership/management ( ex. 1, ex. 2, ex. 3, ) and for video panning ( |ex. 1, |ex. 2 ) What is interesting is that in both cases they appear to use the term as if it is commonly accepted term. (i.e. they don't use expressions like "some people call this firehosing", "sometimes known as firehosing", etc.) Scott 13:04, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

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Relisting this to generate more discussion. howcheng [ t • c • w • e ] 00:22, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep - The article needs some editing, no doubt, but at least the video-camera-related definition given in the external link looks to be something interesting that can be talked out. Maybe if it has a more common name, merge into that. --Cyde Weys _talk^contribs 00:26, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as a dictdef. If someone later wants to write a great article on the history of it as a videotaping tactic then they can feel free at that point. At present it's a dictdef, and the hypothetical great article I mentioned in my last breath doesn't exist yet, so delete. Tempshill 00:53, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per Tempshill YixilTesiphon ^{Say hello}_{Be shallow} 04:22, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete or possibly transwiki to Wikitionary. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 06:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete or transwiki if appropriate as above. Movementarian 09:33, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Transwiki to Wiktionary. The links provided above have convinced me the word is real. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:30, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Transwiki to Wiktionary, Ironically I use this term all the time but not with either of these meanings. Rather, it's used to denote giving too much information too fast to be assimilated. But a dictdef, even with multiple meanings, does not an article make. ++Lar 12:30, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete slang, dictdef. Eusebeus 12:40, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Jargon dicdef. / Ezeu 14:12, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete: Dictdef of jargon, and therefore not a Wiktionary entry unless it gains traction. Geogre 16:59, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as unencyclopedic.Gator (talk) 22:38, 13 December 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.