Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FLIRG

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; see talk page for extended rationale. Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 23:35, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FLIRG[edit]

Non-notable coined acronym from last night's Saturday Night Live. No apparent widespread use; no need for a separate article. Diagonalfish (talk) 18:29, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delete - This is a no brainer. A line in a Saturday Night Live skit is definitely not notable. SMP0328. (talk) 19:02, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Rename and Keep - This is a notable term used during an highly publicized event dealing with a presidential election. It has been misnamed, however, as the term is actually Flerg and has existed before its use on SNL. I suggest renaming this article and keeping it. Wikipedia has a page on MILF, after all. Lizabeth83 (talk • contribs) 19:55, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- MILF is only a disambig page, not an article. I wonder if that disambig page should be deleted. If MILF is notable, what about other IM terms? SMP0328. (talk) 23:15, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Is there a page that deals with terms like this in reference to presidential elections? I hesitate to delete it, simply because there is so much misinformation out there regarding this term, and it would be helpful to have it an authoritative explanation in regards to the skit. However, I can see how it would be better as a disambig page. I wouldn't remove MILF as it part of the lexicon.Lizabeth83 (talk) 00:26, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete WP:NEOLOGISM Themfromspace (talk) 20:39, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep - I personally have never heard of this term prior to Sept 13, 2008, so I do not know how popular it was prior to SNL. I would say lets keep it for now, and if the term does not become popular, then we can renominate the article for AfD after the elections. I do not think that WP:NEOLOGISM applies, as the article gives more than just a definition. It also gives background and chronology for the term. Dems on the move (talk) 00:31, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not every word uttered in a sketch on Saturday Night Live deserves an encyclopedia article, especially when no one agrees on what meaning is attached to it. This word is also spelled "flurge" and is defined as "flush and purge" as in cleaning your ear canals of ear wax[1] , [2]. Fails verifiability and has no reason to remain in Wikipedia. There are no reliable sources with a history of the use of this word, however spelled. It was a comic utterance of no particular meaning, set in counterpoint to the sexually oriented four letter acronyms ending in "ilf" descriptions of Palin, and thus not notable. Edison (talk) 04:09, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep - Memorializing the moment that a preexisting term reaches critical mass is a useful and valid entry. This use in a Saturday Night Live skit is quickly going viral and is very notable. I suspect that opposition to this entry may be somewhat politically motivated. In only 3 days I have received 2 viral emails referring to this skit. The specific reference to googling the term in the skit is also an important connection to the new contemporary standard for research by using online content. Is this not a clear link to the purpose and existence of Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.215.98.60 (talk) 6:02, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Delete No indication of notability. Edward321 (talk) 01:13, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete - It's probably the wrong word. It is more likely FLIRJ: first lady i'd rim job, which is funnier and filthy in the same way that MILF is. --User:Zarka —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.106.59.6 (talk) 14:15, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete - This is a flash-in-the-pan slang term. It is not worthy of a Wikipedia entry. --OneCyclone (talk) 01:54, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete -- Verifiability, an official policy that trumps any argument about notability. Folks cannot even agree on the spelling, the bold recapitulation of the title has changed several times (flerg, flerge, flurge), the associated meaning is mere speculation. The point of the sketch was that it must be possible to Google, yet this spelling of the supposed acronym was not verifiable even two days ago. When an official transcript from NBC is available, maybe that would be a reliable source. --William Allen Simpson (talk) 02:52, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete -- Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Suggest move to Wiktionary, which as of this comment does not have an entry for this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.6.216.9 (talk) 16:52, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete -- The article's sources are all blogs or wikis, which are not verifiable sources by a long shot. The word's (or acronym's) definition (or definitions) is still up for debate. Once a solid definition has been hammered out, I think this entry would belong in Wiktionary. Refer to the treatment of the acronym MILF for a great example on how this should be treated. -Rhrad (talk) 18:53, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep -- Moving to wiktionary might be an option. I personally was happy to find the word here, so I now at least have an idea of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.176.231.53 (talk) 22:27, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- I think the page should be cleaned up but I think it clearly should remain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.153.238.96 (talk) 01:17, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Why do you feel we should keep that article? SMP0328. (talk) 01:25, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- This is the information that people are looking for who look it up. 71.131.26.73 (talk) 05:06, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Not everything that people may want to look up belongs in Wikipedia. SMP0328. (talk) 18:38, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nuke as clearly non-notable and a neologism (as much as I love SNL). Erik the Red 2 (AVE·CAESAR) 02:06, 19 September 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.