Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IHTFP

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The result of the debate was MERGE with MIT hack. TigerShark 23:32, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] IHTFP

Delete. Dicdef. There was a long and incongruous section on MIT hacks, which was longer than the entire article dedicated to that notable phenomenon. I have moved it there wholesale. What's left is an unencyclopedic dicdef treatment of a NN aspect of the culture of one U.S. university. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 18:42, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Phenomenon extends beyond MIT: see [1]. Extended history at MIT, including inclusion on class rings, hacks, literature; legacy comparable to Primal Scream (Harvard) and other institutional traditions. Important for context of MIT hacks. Isopropyl 19:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Doesn't assert notability, and a dicdef. — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 19:39, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. Here's a couple links to establish some context: [2], [3].
• Delete. This doesn't deserve more than two or three sentences, which are already in the MIT article. We don't need entire articles on matters primarily of fascination to MIT alums. Any classmates of mine, I hope to see you tonight at the Museum of Fine Arts. Arise, and raise your steins on glasses high/Tonight shall ever be/A mem'ry that shall never die/Ye sons of All ye of MIT!. Dpbsmith (talk) 20:20, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as MIT cruft. -- Kjkolb 20:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with MIT hack, or just keep it, IHTFP. --JJay 22:27, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to MIT hack. If that is where the content has been moved to then that is where the article should redirect to. Cedars 02:00, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Comment This might also be considered a neologism, as the acronym/phrase also appears in a Jerry Pournelle and S.M. Stirling novel, Falkenberg's Legion, Chapter 12, including a backronym for it. Perhaps the article should be kept and edited to reflect that, as well. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.134.58.76 (talk • contribs) .
• Redirect as per User:Cedars. Equendil Talk 10:25, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
• r if content is merged, a redirect should be left in place to preserve history —WAvegetarian•(talk) 07:55, 14 June 2006 (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.