Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Slogan 'Death to the Kikes'

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The result of the debate was DELETE. The article cannot be deleted at the moment due to block compression errors, but has been blanked and protected. Postdlf 00:54, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Slogan 'Death to the Kikes'

Article about a particular use of a particular phrase, perhaps newsworthy several years ago, but just an expression now that nobody would look up.}} --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 02:40, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Individual hate slogans generally don't need their own articles. Firebug 04:39, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete non-notable phrase. Gazpacho 06:32, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, or have a limitless number of "Death to foo" or "Die, foo!" articles (surely every conceivable epithet has been used in some march, protest, or other occasion of at least passing notability). -- 8^D ^gab 13:23, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)
• Death to this article —Wahoofive | Talk 16:32, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. It's not even the real slogan, it's a translation, and the article itself gives other possible translations (and frankly, "Death to the yids" is probably closer). Jayjg ^(talk) 03:20, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Anti-semitic edits should be eliminated on sight for the good of society. --Elitcher 03:25, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, the information in the article is correct, although the slogan "Beat the kikes, save Russia" ("Bey zhidov, spasai Rossiyu") is more widespread. Yep, antisemitism is commonplace in Russia, what a shame. Grue 18:45, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Don't you think zhid should be "yid", not "kike"? Jayjg ^(talk) 20:03, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    • And just out of curiousity, what is the non-pejorative Russian word for "Jew"? --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 20:46, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
      • "Yevrey". And yes, "yid" is a better translation for "zhid". Grue 11:12, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
        • Yes, "yid" is a far better term, both technically and connotation-wise. When I read "Kike" it meant nothing to me, but "yid" makes me think of "Yiddish" and thus I have an idea of what the article's about. So *if* (big if!) this is to be kept, it should be renamed "Death to the Yids!" or similar. Master Thief Garrett 00:51, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. The article on Tatyana Sapunova is better written, researched, and NPOV. Plus the bad translation, the anti-Semitic title, and the unlikeliness of anything else ever happening involving the phrase. The phrase is not encyclopedic; the event is — and the event already has a page devoted to its protagonist, Tatyana Sapunova. So there's no reason to keep it. (I also agree with [[User:BD2412] that it's about time we devoted an article to the intricacies of "Freeze, rebel scum!")

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