Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Loogie

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 12:20, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Loogie

Unnecessary, somewhat disparaging, uninformative(unsigend nom by User: 68.105.125.20)

• Keep. Loogies, although disparing, are a phenomena with verifiable history, as this stub alludes.—Gaff ^ταλκ 07:40, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, without the original research, it would be a dictionary definition. -- Kjkolb 13:12, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Gross, but a part of the natural world. 14:13, 7 November 2005 (EST)
• Delete dicdef of a slang term, plus a lot of UE material FRS 22:18, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Google gets 224 hits on the phrase "loogie hawking". I don't like it, but it is in use. - Dalbury (talk) 00:32, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: Here is part of the article: "As with so many anti-social acts, this feeling of power must be re-inforced frequently, before the aftershock of depression sets in as the perpetrator realizes the futility of his/her deed, and ultimately of life. Traditional places where anti-social people 'hock' loogies are bridges, tall buildings, subway platforms, office urinals, and wilderness trails- places which are symbolically more elevated than the perpetrator." It makes a lot of dubious claims, but offers no proof. Without this type of material, it would be a dictionary definition. -- Kjkolb 00:54, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
• keep please there are 93,300 googles for this even [1] Yuckfoo 01:21, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, I put it up for deletion. It's a dictionary slang definition with quite a bit of unnecessary and antagonistic commentary inserted. The tone of elitism just kind of set me the wrong way.(FireballX301 03:09, 8 November 2005 (UTC))
• Redirect to Phlegm. I'm sure there are some people who only know the term "loogie" but not the proper medical term. --Metropolitan90 05:59, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Once this article loses its POV, its original research, and its generally snotty attitude, it's pretty much just a dicdef. Denni☯ 06:17, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
• While I believe the article topic is encyclopedic (or at least Wikipedic), once we purge what's here of POV, unsourced material, and how-to, there won't be much left. Therefore, redirect to phlegm per Metropolitan90 for now. If someone wants to go back and write a sourced, encyclopedic article about loogies later, I would certainly support them. Jacqui ^{★ 06:26, 8 November 2005 (UTC)}
• Keep Fairly informational as far as its topic goes, it's also quite entertaining, and provides insight as to the psychology of those who hock loogies. Tratos 04:18, 9 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.