Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sped (2nd nomination)

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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 was Redirect to Special education. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-03 07:27Z

[edit] Sped

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As per the first AfD back in 2005, this is an unsourced dicdef, which violates Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary. As such, and just like the result of the original AfD, I'd recommend deleting the content and placing a {{wi}} tag to link to wiktionary, which is a dictionary. Since that debate was forever ago, it seems like it's appropriate to revisit. Perhaps someone is aware of some verifiable use that would expand the article beyond a mere definition? -- Scientizzle 04:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sped (disambiguation)
  • Delete. Without sources, I'm doubtful as to this term's validity. There are too many WP:NFT terms popping up as dictdefs these days because some high schooler made up a word. eaolson 04:55, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Would a redirect to Speed be a reasonable option? -- Scientizzle 05:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
      • Comment. I'd say no. The two terms have nothing to do with each other, just happen to be similar, and anyone looking for the Sped article would only be confused by the Speed article. eaolson 06:06, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
    • "Sped" is the past tense of "speed", so they are related...[1] -- Scientizzle 21:46, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to special education. A google search for sped "special education" suggests that "SPED" is commonly used to refer (non-insultingly) to special education, and SPED already redirects there. The usage as a slang term is, as eaolson pointed out, unsourced. Dave6 talk 08:26, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to special education as per Dave6 as tje term appears to be a legitimate abbreviation. Suriel1981 09:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to special education. Another vote for this, but I'd like to point out that it took me 10 seconds of googling to find many, many people using SPED EXACTLY as the article says. See this article or this article or many other articles. Would it really kill the nominators to spend a mere 10 sconds googling something before shooting off an AFD? Chris Croy 23:09, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment I never disputed that this was an actual term used in both professional and perjorative means, just that there's little beyond a dicdef in the most useful version of this article. Additionally, since this is a real word, too, (the past tense of speed), I was searching for an effective consensus on the future of this article that would serve the greater effective good. -- Scientizzle 00:34, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect per Chris Croy. I've added notes to special education about the professional and insulting uses (incidentally, this was definitely the worst insult possible in my town in the 1970s). --Dhartung | Talk 23:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I have a friend that uses "sped" in the "redarded/special education" sense on a very regular basis. However, the wiktionary entry doesn't have a comparable definition. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 01:46, 28 February 2007 (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.