Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yapping

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 11:37, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yapping[edit]

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A WP:DICTDEF and examples of recent usage; maybe it could be merged somewhere, but not enough content besides the examples to merit an article. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 10:12, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into List of Generation Z slang. Subject not notable enough for own article. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 10:39, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Language and Internet. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 10:47, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: It appears in List of Generation Z slang, but I do not believe it should redirect there - redlink and letting search do its thing would be a better option. Gen Z didn't start until the mid-90s, but Ngrams suggest that an earlier generation is more responsible for popularising the term from the start of the rise in 1996 through to its (current) peak in ~2012 than Gen Z is. 13:44, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Delete: There are words whose etymological history has such big social significance, and so much coverage, that an encyclopedia article makes sense. Gay is an example. Yapping doesn't reach the bar. The two main sources (Yahoo news and NYT) are the best that I can also find, and both are lightweight space-fillers, the linguistic equivalent of "Blue is the colour this spring!" fashion articles. The NYT article explicitly states that the term has become popular in "recent weeks", and "will probably be on its way out just as quickly as it arrived". For the same reason, don't redirect to Gen-Z slang. The word is neither slang, nor used exclusively by Gen-Z. It's just a normal English word that was minding its own business until it suddenly got used a lot, in one of the meanings it already had. Elemimele (talk) 15:40, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, thought about nominating it myself, can it even be called a 2020s slang term when sources and even the examples showcase that yapping has been used as a word (with the same meaning) for decades, and by significantly older people? Attempts at building it beyond a WP:DICDEF seem frail (per above). Geschichte (talk) 17:20, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, the term yap is used far more often in recent times than it has, primarily by members of Generation Z. So it is held to my belief that the article for yapping should be maintained in its status as an article so those who are unfamiliar with the term can come to the page for knowledge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LCSchwabe (talk • contribs) 19:34, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete dictionary content (meaning, etymology, usage) of a very old word. A generational spike in popularity is not sufficient to make the word historically notable. Cnilep (talk) 01:45, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: It too short describe. Maybe up to 30,000 bytes would better understanding. It has been noting definition. I have not heard word Yapping and I don't understand.

47.234.198.142 (talk) 02:20, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge - the word has taken on a new shade of meaning, but it has existed for a long time. Its popularity doesn't seem to warrant an article of its own, particularly as its popularity hasn't lasted a long time. Embroidering with noodles (talk) 10:48, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(That was meant to be its own post and not a reply - don't know if I can edit the post, sorry!) Embroidering with noodles (talk) 10:49, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. I fixed it for you. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 10:53, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete (no merge) per NOTDICT and other deleters. This is well-attested and used before and outside of gen Z slang, so it would be inappropriate to include there. 35.139.154.158 (talk) 13:26, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: This article, while failing WP:NOTDICT, is also based on the assumption that the word is Gen Z slang, which is false. StreetcarEnjoyer (talk) 17:12, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:NOTDICT. Partofthemachine (talk) 19:21, 14 April 2024 (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.