Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goat Rope

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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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:08, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Goat Rope

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Non-notable neologism. Prod removed by author. JuJube 18:12, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Speedy Delete Ridernyc 19:02, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
not even sure why this was brought here and not speedily deleted. First it's nonsense, second even if it was for real or notable it's a dictionary definition.Ridernyc 19:13, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Well, it's not patent nonsense, and unless one means to suggest that it is entirely a hoax and as such is pure vandalism, there is no speedy deletion criterion that applies here. Joe 03:18, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete, but not speedily, per WP:NEO. We should avoid neologisms. J-ſtanTalkContribs 19:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. Not a neologism, but still feels like a dicdef. From a 1987 article in a Dallas paper: "Any team good enough to get this far comes in fully aware that for several morning hours every day you will have to endure a media goat rope. ... "--Sethacus 19:55, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:NEO and WP:RS. STORMTRACKER 94 19:57, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Unless someone wants to write an article on the practice of literal goat roping. This one belongs in a dictionary not an encyclopedia. Steve Dufour 20:40, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - ridiculous. DWaterson 23:17, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as a non-notable dicdef that's pure OR. Bfigura (talk) 05:21, 6 October 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.