Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Girlfriend (0th nomination)
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Girlfriend and Boyfriend
These 2 articles refer to 2 equivilant versions of a non-marital romantic spouse (1 male, 1 female); this calls for a request of business: it would be superfluous to have 2 articles about different-gender versions of the same thing --TheSamurai 14:54, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Redirect and merge both "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" to non-marital romantic spouse. --TheSamurai 14:59, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- How did this happen?? I studied this Vfd and I got that an article got put back on Vfd after a while of being kept. No vote right now, this is just a question. Georgia guy 00:01, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- This has already been voted on. So has boyfriend. Both discussions have been blanked; I'm not sure of the method to fix this. I have also completed the incompletely done VFD nomination. --SPUI (talk) 01:43, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- (reply to message above}: there is no sense salvaging a VfD list from a previous VfD iteration for the same article because it would be superfluous. And besides, people will think that VfD votes from 2 iterations would be part of 1. --TheSamurai 02:30, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Keep. I will repeat the reasons that were said in the previous VFD: They are well written encyclopedia articles on topics that are well beyond the scope of a dictionary. Zzyzx11 02:32, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Also, the terms "Girlfriend" and "Boyfriend" are more common in the English language than "Non-marital romantic spouse". Zzyzx11 02:37, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Comment Girlfriend is also the name of a magazine with 1,000,000 Google hits. Megan1967 03:15, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Keep. "Boyfriend" and "Girlfriend" are much better known to most people than "Non-marital romantic spouse."
- 'Keep, nothing has changed from the strong consensus to keep last time. This seems a frivolous VfD. -- Jmabel | Talk 03:59, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)
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The result was keep
Wikipedia is not a dictionary. --fvw* 05:33, 2004 Nov 28 (UTC)
- I think it is a bit more than a dictionary entry, but if not, why not put it on Wiktionary:Girlfriend? Brianjd
- Keep: More than dicdef, complements the article on Boyfriend nicely. (how ironic?) Wifki 07:13, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep agree with Wifki - Drstuey 13:02, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Another example of the deletion mania, making everybody lose time on futile debates. --Pgreenfinch 13:08, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- You only lose time if you spend time on a page you hate and enter comments designed to rile people up. Geogre 14:58, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Oops, I'm so sorry I hurted you about the page you love. What about a deletefriend article ? ;-)). --Pgreenfinch 16:26, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- You only lose time if you spend time on a page you hate and enter comments designed to rile people up. Geogre 14:58, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Topic is encyclopedic, not just a word. --Hemanshu 18:12, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. This expands on the Wiktionary definition in a way that Wiktionary can't. --Idont Havaname 18:38, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep; too expandible just to consign to the Wiktionary. Samaritan 22:54, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep, as with boyfriend. -Sean Curtin 23:05, Nov 28, 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Incorrectly listed. Dr Zen 00:18, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep it. Fvw is batting about 50/50 this week. —[[User:Radman1|RaD Man (talk)]] 05:49, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Already listed in Wiktionary. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Delete. Rossami (talk) 01:57, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Have you read the comments above? This article definitely contains more than what is currently in Wiktionary. Brianjd 07:21, 2004 Nov 30 (UTC)
- Keep, because Wikipedia is not a dictionary and this article is beyond the scope of a dictionary. --[[User:GRider|GRider\talk]] 20:51, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Article as it stands isn't great, but I can't see how it's not encyclopedic. After all, why have an entry for marriage when we can just Wiktionary-link it? Lacrimosus 04:30, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Delete most of it: This article (apart from the sentence on the film) is nothing more than the definition and usage of a word. It belongs in a dictionary. Surely we can find more information on the film? Brianjd 05:34, 2004 Dec 1 (UTC)
- Keep, as Hemanshu already brought up the "topic is encyclopedic, not just a word." -- Crevaner 10:12, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Keep - Good points already mentioned above! -- Old Right 11:39, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Transwiki, merge, and redirect, or expand. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. We should have articles about the topic itself, not about a word. Either change the article to describe what a girlfriend is, rather than how the term girlfriend is used, or redirect somewhere (like relationship or something). anthony 警告 12:47, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Delete This article may have more words than the Wiktionary entry, but it still is nothing more than the definition and usage of a word. The Wiktionary entry gives the same information, just more concise. --L. Pistachio 03:27, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)
- Keep and remove listing from WP:DA too. --Key45 01:25, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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