Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe Sixpack

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The result of the debate was REDIRECT to John Q. Public. -Splash 00:32, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Joe Sixpack

Dicdef for 'the average guy' and already in Wiktionary. I don't see how this can possibly be more than a dicdef; it may be possible to merge/redir it somewhere but since I couldn't find a suitable place I'm nominating it for deletion. Radiant_>|< 12:53, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

• Transwiki to Wiktionary. Just checked and Wiktionary doesn't have an entry for it yet. Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 17:37, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
  • Dcarrano says wiktionary sent it to us so I feel rather silly now. Redirect to John Q. Public as it actually metions Joe Sixpack. Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 05:26, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to John Doe. It's used as a form of anonymity and should be listed as such; the John Doe article also does mention Joe Sixpack as a variation of John Doe.--Mitsukai 17:39, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
• 'Redirect as above. --Carnildo 21:23, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
• If I'm not mistaken, Wiktionary transwikied this to us, so I'd feel a little dumb sending it back to them. Redirecting to John Doe doesn't work for me because "Joe Sixpack" generally represents "the average guy", while "John Doe" generally represents someone who is trying to be anonymous or whose identity is being hidden for legal reasons, really not the same thing at all. Thus, oddly enough for an article I don't think can be expanded much if at all, I nonetheless end up with keep. Dcarrano 00:02, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
  • Well I'm glad they're using the transwiki log to keep us all informed about the transwikies, because I just looked and it's not there. Actually, funnily enough, I did transwiki it to Wiktionary in May; was that after they had given it to us? :) --Dmcdevit·t 08:12, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
    • Whoops, misread. Redirect to John Q Public, then. Dcarrano 17:04, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • Joe Sixpack is more like John Q Public than John Doe, so perhaps redirect to the former? Xoloz 15:53, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete dicdef. JamesBurns 04:49, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to John Q Public per above. Xoloz 06:21, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep or Redirect to John Q Public per above. Saswann 16:59, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and redirect to John Q Public, not to John Doe which is a legal term. Eliot 21:06, 22 July 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.