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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 Keep --Stephen 04:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See a man about a horse[edit]

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Slang term that I earlier prodded with reason WP:NOT a slang dictionary. Another editor removed the prod and asked that the article be expanded but, frankly, I don't see that happening. I think the article will remain as a simple slang definition and has already been transwikied so no need for it here. Alfadog (talk) 14:45, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete Wikipedia is not a dictionary. STORMTRACKER 94 15:04, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete slang dicdef. Guy (Help!) 17:33, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep there seem to be some popular culture references, deleted earlier, which I just restored. Based on them, the title should perhaps be changed to "See a man about a dog". DGG (talk) 17:41, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Then that might be another article. "See a man about a horse" is a slang phrase that means, at the risk of bring coarse, "go take a piss". --Alfadog (talk) 17:47, 27 December 2007 (UTC) And the restored links are either WP:TRIV or of questionable relevance to the title of the article. --Alfadog (talk) 17:50, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • No, really, they're the same phrase. The usage of the broader meaning has declined as there are fewer dogs and horses actually being seen about, so now it almost exclusively means urination. --Dhartung | Talk 05:37, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak delete per nom.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 19:29, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • KeepAt first I was tempted to suggest delete, but I looked at Wiktionary, where it has been transwikied, and there is far more detail in this article. This is not a mere dictionary definition, it is an expansion, with examples and references. Someone did a lot of research, which apparently, we will easily toss in the trash. (Quite a few editors contributed to this article, which indicates interest, which indicates notability.) If "see a man about a dog" is more common, that should be the main article, and "see a man about a horse" redirected to it. I did not confirm the links in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abd (talk • contribs) 20:11, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I favour keeping this as I use the phrase myself and am interested in learning more of its history. IIRC, I first came across it in literary analysis of The History of Mr Polly which has a humorous passage which evokes the phrase. I have changed the title to dog rather than horse, as discussed above. Colonel Warden (talk) 22:00, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep and expand. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 03:01, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak keep per Warden. JoshuaZ (talk) 18:10, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep There is sourced history of the phrase not fit for Wiktionary. –Pomte 12:04, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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