Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of terms used for Germans

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 Keep - consensus favors keep. - Johntex\^talk 14:57, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List of terms used for Germans[edit]

A list of mostly poorly sourced offensive and inflammatory terms for Germans. Has already been transwikied and serves no encyclopedic purpose. Should be deleted as Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of ethnic slurs. EconomicsGuy (talk) 18:17, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The article is obviously not indiscriminate, as it addresses a specific topic in a comprehensive way. The relevant not is Wikipedia is not censored: "Wikipedia may contain content that some readers consider objectionable or offensive." The sourcing can be improved as I have demonstrated by adding two citations. Colonel Warden (talk) 19:04, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unencyclopedic mix of slang and derogatory synonyms/euphemisms. JJL (talk) 19:28, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and a very strong one at that. This is an encyclopedic reference. The offensive words in the article are the subject of the article, they are not used to offend. In reading the article, I learned several new words that I oughtn't use when referring to a German. I also learned a bit about the origin of each word as an epithet. Removing offensive language from wikipedia in this context is like whitewashing history. —X S G 19:35, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, if Wikipedia is not a list of ethnic slurs, as EconomicsGuy suggests, please explain this. —X S G 19:37, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. It's been transwikied into wiktionary where it's more appropriate, so no reason having two copies of the same article. Cowman109^Talk 04:33, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Some of the content can also be used in a dictionary, but the subject is encyclopedic DGG (talk) 05:23, 3 February 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.