Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laundry list

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The result of the debate was about evenly split between transwiki and delete. However, as Uncle G points out, it's already in Wiktionary. Since the final step in transwiki is to delete the remnant, I'm going to call this a concensus to delete. Rossami (talk) 05:53, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Laundry list

Dictionary entry. Transwiki to Wiktionary. --Angr 07:33, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, unsuitable for wiktionary (vfd voters should check out the requirements for a wiktionary entry- they're hard core), definately not suitable for an encyclopedia--nixie 09:26, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Actually, I think that laundry list just about scrapes into Wiktionary as a noun phrase. It's certainly easily demonstrable as being in widespread use. Uncle G 20:57, 2005 Mar 4 (UTC)
• Keep, I'm sure a lot of examples of laundry lists and their effects could be given. And if possible add to wiktionary. I don't see why an article cannot be in both. --Pgreenfinch 11:06, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Yes, and I'm sure that most or all of those examples would not be encyclopedic. For instance, see the Laundry List of dog names. An article shouldn't be both in Wikipedia and Wiktionary, because they are two widely differing projects (read the inclusion criteria for both, you'll see why duplication is not good). This is a dicdef at best, and sounds rather neologistic to me. I'd vote for transwiki but if they don't want it (which would make sense) then delete it instead. Radiant! 11:54, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)

You mean "in doubt, delete"? Very positive! --Pgreenfinch 14:01, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• No, I clearly said transwiki. Radiant! 15:07, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)

You mean you clearly chose to get rid of it? What is the difference? --Pgreenfinch 22:35, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• There is a very clear difference between deleting and transwikiing. The latter means that the article should exist, only not here. Read the Wikipedia:Deletion policy for details. Radiant! 16:41, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, or Transwiki. diddef. --BM 20:30, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Transwiki to Wiktionary. --Holdek 21:55, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Wiktionary, seems a common enough term. Megan1967 03:51, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• No need to Wiktionary, folks. Wiktionary has a laundry list article, written from scratch, that is a better dictionary entry than this is. Delete. Uncle G 20:57, 2005 Mar 4 (UTC)
• Delete I'd like to notify wikizens that this article is being defended by Pgreenfinch with the specific intention of spamming and vandalizing another article, Anti-globalization, where it was used in that manner by this very user. He added it to the external links section with this comment: "more general link, in case some other obscure outfit was overlooked ;-))". Definitely delete, and warn this user against persuing practical jokes to the disruption of VfD pages as though he seriously saw this article as having merits. The joke was a joke, but now it's over and we're making decisions, why bring the joke here Pgreenfinch?--Che y Marijuana 04:06, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)

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