Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naru-Tard

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 per practically everything. Black Kite 16:32, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

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• Non-notable topic, no sources shown --Boss Big (talk) 01:16, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NEO, no sources seem to indicate that this term is used at all. Incidentally, I tried to nominate this for deletion at the same time you did! Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 01:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete I've heard this used many times and can vouch at least that it is indeed in use. However, the usage I hear most seems to differ from the one in the article: the article states that "narutards" are uber-serious purists... I've generally heard it to mean more casual fans, especially younger ones, who are very much into Naruto but know little else about anime, manga, or Japanese culture in general. In either case, it's a niche neologism, so delete per WP:NEO. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 01:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

  I too have heard it usually in the hyper young fans, contra the article. I can find all sorts of instances of use, but haven't seen it show up in fan glossaries or, heaven help us, linguist sites. —Quasirandom (talk) 01:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

• Delete non-notable neologism. For the record, I've seen (and used) it in both the context the article suggests and what Starblind describes. JuJube (talk) 02:59, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete for attack page, or delete as a neologism with such an amazingly small target application as to be impossible for wide usage. Having a "common" neologism for fans of a subculture's fraction is to say that one heard a name. Utgard Loki (talk) 17:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete as nn neologism and WP:WINAD but I don't think it really is an attack page - firstly it describes itself as a detogatory term, it's not about any one particular person, and the suffix "-tard" is not derogatory in certain online communities.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 17:38, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete We've deleted this before. This isn't a widely-used word outside of the Internet, so there's no way this would even have the coverage by reliable sources to meet WP:V. NeoChaosX (talk, walk) 23:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete. Obvious offensive neologism. Zerokitsune (talk) 00:29, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete - fails WP:NEO. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 01:04, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. —Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 01:05, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete per Starblind. Yes, it's definitely in currency among anime aficionados, but that argues for an entry in Wiktionary (if even that), not a Wikipedia term. This is no interesting theoretical or critical application for the term, like there is for other jargony terms like tsundere. --Gwern (contribs) 20:20 15 February 2008 (GMT)
• Delete per WP:NEO. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 15:12, 16 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.