Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bless your heart

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The result was keep. Tone 16:44, 20 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bless your heart[edit]

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The sources in the article and others I could find either don't go beyond a WP:DICDEF, or are unreliable because they are either a non-expert narrowly-focused opinion piece or a blog. wumbolo ^^^ 20:44, 13 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I created this article, so my opinion won't matter much here, but I think the article should be expanded, not deleted. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:49, 13 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep, and Bless your heart for nominating this page. The well-known and old saying is used throughout the Southern United States and likely all over the nation and elsewhere. "Bless your heart" appears in many films, songs, television shows, and is a commonly accepted part of the vernacular of the South. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:54, 13 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep clearly meets WP:DICDEF. The "Notable examples" should've been enough for this not to be AFD'd, since it clearly shows how 'bless your heart' is part of American culture and not just some DICDEF in many other articles. Sure sourcing isn't the best for articles such as these, but it's clear that these sayings are notable.—Mythdon (talk • contribs) 00:17, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per WP:WORDISSUBJECT. There's enough reliable source coverage to meet the general notability guidelines for this phrase. PohranicniStraze (talk) 04:56, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This is as a very well known phrase that I've heard many times in person and on TV. I believe taking everything together it's a keep. JC7V-constructive zone 05:34, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- As an aside to Wumbolo, you won't hear this phrase nearly as much in Europe as you would in the US. JC7V-constructive zone 05:35, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep per WORDISSUBJECT, but could use some stronger sourcing Chetsford (talk) 00:57, 20 October 2018 (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.