Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crunk (slang term)
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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. MBisanz talk 01:43, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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From the prods: Neologism, WP:DICT: "Wikipedia is not a dictionary or a slang, jargon or usage guide." Terrillja talk 03:07, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak delete. I am the one who originally prodded this article. Although it went through a major cleanup to the point where it looks nothing like the version I nominated, the notability of the term "crunk" is still not established by the sources used. What these sources show is that some hip-hop artists are familiar with the term and its meaning, yet they leave you with a feeling that this might be too soon for a Wikipedia article on either the term or the concept it conveys. -- Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 03:27, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete - what is this article supposed to represent? We have an article on crunk music, and another one on hyphy culture. - Richard Cavell (talk) 06:40, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I would venture to say that the intention of the article would be to broadly describe the meaning, uses, and cultural significance of the term "crunk" rather than merely refer to the musical subgenre of hip-hop. Considering that there is a significant use to the term beyond the music, I suggest either keeping the current article or merging the specific uses of the term into Crunk. The latter seems more palatable as the term is inexorably linked to its musical use. 74.224.47.231 (talk) 14:36, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually the use of the word has moved well beyond the music and many uses, like crunk comedy, are tied but not contingent. This article should focus on the word and its usages the main crunk article needs a lot of work so this is fine as a stand alone. I hope the writers here can appreciate that. The term is used way beyond crunk culture and this might be why so many misuse so readily. They don't know what it means or where it came from. I think both this and the main crunk one need to improve but this should be about the use of the slang term whereas the main article should be built around the music. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.14.36 (talk) 18:22, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- You appear to be in the wrong project. This is the encyclopaedia. The dictionary, which will happily take attested slang meanings of a word, is over there. Uncle G (talk) 15:59, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually an encyclopedic article about the slang term would be more appropriate for an encyclopedia whereas just a dictionary definition would go to that project. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.43.232 (talk) 03:21, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- You appear to be in the wrong project. This is the encyclopaedia. The dictionary, which will happily take attested slang meanings of a word, is over there. Uncle G (talk) 15:59, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually the use of the word has moved well beyond the music and many uses, like crunk comedy, are tied but not contingent. This article should focus on the word and its usages the main crunk article needs a lot of work so this is fine as a stand alone. I hope the writers here can appreciate that. The term is used way beyond crunk culture and this might be why so many misuse so readily. They don't know what it means or where it came from. I think both this and the main crunk one need to improve but this should be about the use of the slang term whereas the main article should be built around the music. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.14.36 (talk) 18:22, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I would venture to say that the intention of the article would be to broadly describe the meaning, uses, and cultural significance of the term "crunk" rather than merely refer to the musical subgenre of hip-hop. Considering that there is a significant use to the term beyond the music, I suggest either keeping the current article or merging the specific uses of the term into Crunk. The latter seems more palatable as the term is inexorably linked to its musical use. 74.224.47.231 (talk) 14:36, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete — basically a weak dictionary definition that I don't think would even pass for inclusion in Wiktionary let alone here. It also is not a good sign when the second item in the cursory google search is from UrbanDictionary. MuZemike (talk) 16:59, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- 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.