Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yed

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The result of the debate was keep rewritten article. Joyous (talk) 17:38, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yed

It's orange! This is a neologism/hoax. A Google search only shows mirrors. I mean, even the article says "is in common usage, but is of unknown origin." Classic neologism, delete. What happened to the... Oh! Keep all Uncle Gs (do we have any more?) --Dmcdevit·t 08:31, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

• It was certainly unverifiable. (It wasn't actually orange, by the way. It was a "The driver calls the colour amber but the traffic police call it red." concept.) I've mercilessly excised the content that cited no sources. Keep, so that those coming to Wikipedia thinking that Yed is a colour can find out what it really is. Uncle G 12:25, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
• keep since User:Uncle G fixed it to be a real article. Brighterorange 18:00, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
• Begging the question: grue (color) and Bleen's fates? Keep, that's a good refactor by everyone's favorite Uncle. humble'fool® 18:56, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Well done Uncle G for the rewrite. Capitalistroadster 23:15, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep the rewrite. (BTW: In Detroit, that color is known as "pink", ie. not quite red). --Carnildo 23:28, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

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