Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yellow cab

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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 keep. howcheng {chat} 17:21, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yellow cab

Yellow cab (stereotype) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

This article purports to be about a racial slur supposedly in common use in the United States. Unfortunately, it is devoid of references, the tone is POV, it looks like OR, and I've never heard of this term nor heard it used. I would hardly represent myself as being an expert on racial slurs, but if this is so common, why are there no sources? It reads like something that was just made up, and it seems downright silly. A representative quote: "term was coined by white American males who feel euphoria over their claimed popularity over Asian females." What? Cathal 16:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following related term, again without sources, and also sounds like OR. This one was speedied last night, and recreated today, with hangon tag attached.:

Easy Japanesey (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
  • Redirect Yellow cab to Yellow Cab. Delete Easy Japanesey. Now if had been Easy-peasey-Japanesey, that would be a different story. I agree that they're entirely OR and POV, and possibly made up.Chunky Rice 16:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete both as unsourced. After deletion, Yellow cab should redirect to Yellow Cab as well. CIreland 16:51, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete both per CIreland. I don't think we need to be a repository for poorly sourced ethnic slurs of limited use. They'll just become poorly sourced ethnic slurs of widespread use, which isn't the goal of an encyclopedia. --Elkman (Elkspeak) 17:07, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Neither of the articles cite any sources, and, searching, I can find no sources to support any such notion as described in either article. The articles are unverifiable. Delete. Uncle G 17:41, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Excellent work. I've checked out a couple of the sources cited in the rewrite at random. They document this concept in some depth. Applause to CaliforniaAliBaba for continuing the long and honourable tradition of rewrites from sources at AFD, and thanks for finding sources that I did not. Keep. Uncle G 13:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete both as violating WP:V. Based on the comments at Talk:Easy Japanesey, this appears to be an attempt at astroturfing the terms. --Kinu t/c 20:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect Yellow cab as per Chunky Rice, Delete Easy Japanesey, also as per Chunky Rice. Horologium talk - contrib 21:11, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and move current Yellow cab article to Yellow cab (stereotype) and redirect Yellow cab to Yellow Cab. It's a notable stereotype which precedes Urban Dictionary by about a decade; I have rewritten and sourced the article. Not sure about Easy Japanesey; maybe redirect to Exodus (Utada Hikaru album) (one of the songs on the album uses that phrase, I think, which is probably how it got popularized)? No objection to deletion for that one either. cab 00:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment. Given the great improvements made in the article, I agree with cab's suggestion of a move to Yellow cab (stereotype). If there is no objection here, or other, alternative, suggestions, I will do so some time later tonight. ---Cathal 01:09, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
      • Comment I have redirected Yellow cab to Yellow Cab per the unanimous agreement suggestion by several users above, after boldly moving the article to Yellow cab (stereotype). The "taxicab" meaning is pretty clearly the primary usage; even the research I did for the stereotype article supports that (the telephone survey of 200 New Yorkers who had never heard of the term being used for anything but actual taxicabs). Please direct your comments to the matter of whether or not the Yellow cab (stereotype) article should be kept. Cheers, cab 03:45, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Easy Japanesey has been speedily deleted by John Reaves (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights). cab 03:19, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Yellow cab (stereotype). Excellent WP:HEY by CaliforniaAliBaba aka cab. Eponysterical! --Dhartung | Talk 09:11, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Which article or articles is this AFD about? Fg2 11:40, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Yellow cab (stereotype). Per aboveMightyAtom 13:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - There's a fairly well-known Japanese talent agency for Gravure idols named Yellow Cab ja:イエローキャブ (芸能プロダクション). I've always wondered where they came up with the name. . . Neier 13:11, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Yellow cab (stereotype). Phrase is defined on Japanese Wikipedia [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.209.139.149 (talk • contribs)
  • Keep Yellow cab (stereotype). It's a great article now Amake 12:53, 20 May 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.