Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fresh off the boat

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 was keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 03:06, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fresh off the boat

Fresh Off the Plane which redirects also for same reasons. Unencyclopedic. Vandal page, numerous attacks on races, cultures, etc. Failed Speedy Delete attempt. MECU≈talk 23:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Real cultural phenomenon. The article brings together various aspects of this phenomenon from different parts of the world. May need further work but certainly should not be deleted. --Sumple (Talk) 23:36, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep "Unencyclopedic" reason too vague. The page is not inherently an attack, and it's a real phenomenon. Vandalism not a reason to delete. --ColourBurst 23:51, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, per Sumple and ColourBurst. The phrase can be used as derogatory but also a term of pride, see the novel 'Fresh off the Boat'. Also, Wikipedia is not censored, see nigger. The page seems to have lapsed into heavy OR issues since I last checked it, so it is in need of some heavy-duty cleanup, but the core concept (and the lead paragraph itself) is verifiable so it should be kept. hateless 00:01, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Well-used slang term. Just being a likely site for vandalism isn't a reason to delete. Ronnotel 00:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Common slang in many situations. As bad as the word can be thought of, Wikipedia is not here to try to put out a "cleaned-up" or censored world forward -- its here to put out the truth. P-unit 06:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Rewrite. The idea that language difficulties affect only non-Anglophones coming to Anglophone countries, and not the other way around, is particularly stupid. -- GWO
• Keep. Used to be a good article and could be again with a lot of cleanup. Zerbey 13:11, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: I'm in the process of cleaning up the article, slowly removing the WP:OR issues and getting more scholarly works into the references. hateless 20:50, 27 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.