Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Firebugs

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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 delete. Coredesat 07:19, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Firebugs

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Unreferenced, short article about a subject which is not notable enough to have its own article. Can be deleted, or at least merged to a general topic. Please also notice that the page has been there since 2004, so if there was any chance to improve it, it should've taken place by now. huji—TALK 10:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete - barely more than a dicdef, no source cited. If there were any source, a sentence could be added to Arson#Motives. JohnCD (talk) 12:00, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete Dicdef or a slang synonym for arsonist. Assertion that firebug is a sexually motivated arsonist is not only uncited, it's ridiculous. Emeraude (talk) 12:12, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Claim is "likely to be challenged", but source is impossible to find, plus WP:DICT. Kakofonous (talk) 15:14, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Can't find any references at all to this meaning! Jellogirl (talk) 15:25, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Oh, I've heard this slang term, it's mainly in British usage I believe, and from my own experience I can say that it exists, but equally, it's nothing more than a dictionary definition, failing a core conctent policy of Wikipedia: WP:WINAD.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 22:51, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
  • I said I could not find any references to this meaning, i.e. the sexual motivation. I'm aware of the word. Jellogirl (talk) 10:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
  • It's used in the US, but mainly in headlinese. My hometown had a "firebug" terrorizing us for about two years back in the early 80s. --Dhartung | Talk 08:34, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete and redirect to firebug, which already includes the correct hatnote to pyromania, which is the formal name for the diagnosis in question. Firebug is an old term in the literature dating back to 1951, but we don't need two articles. --Dhartung | Talk 08:31, 4 February 2008 (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.