Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranga (slang)

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  RasputinAXP  c 13:31, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ranga (slang)

article has as sources Urban Dictionary (user submitted), Slangsite.com (not a credible source) and one other which didn't work for me last I tried it. A google search is inconclusive as it interferes with some indian word that is very common. A more narrow search of "ranga red" (no quotes) gave nearly no relavent hits other than the urban dictionary one. WP:NFT ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 02:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

• Transwiki and delete From what I've been searching / looking at, I'm pretty sure this is a real term... pretty sure. Obviously, assuming it is, this article is nothing more than a dicdef. -- Kicking222 02:23, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom, dictdef and WP:NFT. Kimchi.sg 02:28, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Move to Wiktionary and Delete here. This is a dicdef, and its apparent notability is all that's keeping me from advocating a speedy delete, due to the way some people are acting on its talk page. --^{speak to}gadren 02:48, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Transwiki to Wiktionary definite dicdef. Funnybunny (^talk/_{Counter Vandalism Unit}) 02:59, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Transwiki to Wikitionary I think it would certainly fit in there. Bill (who is cool!) 03:04, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Transwiki to Wiktionary, dicdef. --Terence Ong 04:27, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Transwiki – as dictionary definition, then delete – Gurch 13:49, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
• Transwiki - as a dictionary definition - as the extended version (which was all true just didnt have sources) was editted, i guess this is the only compromise without having another flame war...adon 07:22, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Transwiki - adon is right <snipped for civility> - mitch —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.132.192.226 (talk • contribs)
• Delete from Wikipedia, move to Wiktionary if and only if someone can provide evidence of its validity. Urbandictionary is not evidence. --Raeven0 17:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
  • If i may draw everyones attention here: http://www.abc.net.au/wordmap/ that website has a good definition of the word ranga and is not user contributed. It is the website for an australian tv channel. Youll have to navigate to the page with ranga on it because its all in flash or java or something. I think that qualifies for a wiktionary entry at the very least. adon 08:00, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
    • Contrary to your assurance, that site is user-contributed, as evidenced by "Add your regionalism" on the home page and the entire "Add a word" process from the left toolbar. Furthermore, the ranga page lists Perth as the only region of Australia ever to have housed the term. I invoke Attestation and WP:NN. --Raeven0 22:25, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
      • My bad. If only any of you were from australia... adon 08:28, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
        • There are actually a lot of Australians on Wikipedia. ~MDD4696 12:57, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
          • Probably but none of them seem to be here! adon 06:47, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
            • This Australian has never heard, let alone used, the term. I don't pay much attention to Wiktionary, so it's entirely possible they would accept an entry on this, ahem, word ... but it certainly has no place on Wikipedia. fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 11:22, 26 May 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.