Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Puk Kai (2nd nomination)

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The result was Merge into Cantonese profanity. Non admin closure. Jorvik 10:09, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Puk Kai

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This is a common term in Cantonese, but doesn't have much cultural significance on which we can write about. It has been nominated for deletion before. I cannot see why it should be kept. Those who are inclined to keep this please give specific reasons (how this article can be expanded etc). Cheers.--K.C. Tang 10:05, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

• Merge this and similar items to Cantonese profanity. Yes, I know it doesn't exist yet, time to create it; can be developed along similar lines as Latin profanity. The "Bad boys and bad language" paper cited in Puk Kai would be an excellent starting point for such a page. Last nomination rested on an invalid reason "not English, therefore shouldn't be in enwiki"; enwiki is the sum of human knowledge, not the sum of monolingual Anglophones' knowledge. Individual items of profanity seem to have trouble supporting their own pages; even Fuck, probably the most notable, is just a dicdef and a set of increasingly dubious theories about its etymology . cab 11:01, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hong Kong-related deletions.

I think we share the same thoughts. Indeed I've been thinking of creating Cantonese profanity for some time. Cheers--K.C. Tang 01:17, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

• Comment - Regardless of the outcome of this AfD, we can create Cantonese profanity. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 16:16, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 13:54, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Evil Spartan 17:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep No compelling reason to overturn the first unsuccessful AfD. ~ Infrangible 02:45, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
• Merge Just like there's no article for the insult "drop dead", just because an article for it exists in zh-yue:wiki doesn't justify its existence here as a dicdef. The article says all there is to be said about the term because its usage (as elaborated in the chinese article) would be impossible to translate correctly into English, so it's destined to remain a stub forever. Anyway, its part within Cantonese profanity would be encyclopaedic, IMHO. Ohconfucius 09:04, 10 July 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.