Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of examples of faux Cyrillic typography

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The result was Merge --Polaron | Talk 18:14, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of examples of faux Cyrillic typography[edit]

Incomplete nomination by an anon. They said: This page is just a list of trivial instances of incorrect usage of Cyrillic characters in English. This is not even remotely encyclopedia-worthy and there are few if any citations. User:71.116.111.167 11:47, 19 December 2007 (UTC)Dan in Berkeley. Procedural nomination. No opinion is being expressed by me. ➔ REDVEЯS is wearing a pointy red hat 15:30, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Writing systems has been informed of this ongoing discussion. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 15:43, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The article as it stands original research, lacking any references which discuss the practice of using Cyrillic letters inappropriately. It has certainly been done for comic effect or in some of the examples in the article, erroneously in films. But references are needed, beyond the original research of the article writers noting examples. I did not find any reliable sources discussing it in a Google news search. Perhaps someone else can find references wherein the practice is discussed (as opposed to more trivial examples) before the AFD discussion period is over. As it stands it fails WP:N Edison (talk) 16:40, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Main article is Faux Cyrillic, also without sources. I would dearly like to keep as this is a well-known typographical cliché, but we would need some sources. If we can keep the main article we could merge more notable examples there. --Dhartung | Talk 18:07, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Faux Cyrillic It's worthy of an article, simply because people assume that "Я" and "И" are Russian for "R" and "N" (actually, Р and H the equivalents). Author is incorrect about "Red Heat"; the fake Russian characters were used in the opening credits, rather than the closing ones. The movie starred "AЯИOLД SCHШAЯZЭИЭGGAЯ"-- ouch. Mandsford (talk) 22:46, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Not many movies star Ayaiold Schshayazeiaeggaya, probably because very few people can pronounce his name. Grutness...wha? 00:29, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to faux cyrillic as it does contain encyclopedic information but doesn't warrant an article of its own. I'm very tempted to add an example to the article referring to the use of "Я" in Wikipedia user names! Phil Bridger (talk) 15:11, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

<looks around suspiciously> Who, me? :o) ➔ REDVEЯS is wearing a pointy red hat 08:37, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: If the text is merged into the main article: please prune the list down and stress that it is intentionally incomplete and should stay so. Pavel Vozenilek (talk) 10:54, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect to Faux Cyrillic according to Mandsford above. --Lockley (talk) 06:37, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Selectively Merge and then redirect to Faux Cyrillic. Pastordavid (talk) 17:35, 27 December 2007 (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.