Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naff
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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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result of the debate was keep. [[User:Premeditated Chaos|User:Premeditated Chaos/Sig]] 05:01, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
This article defines a word that is already defined in Wiktionary. 63.149.110.206 19:37, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep - Theres a whole history of this word and its relationship with censorship and the BBC, and was widely used the sitcom Porridge. I think that at one point Princess Anne was quoted using the phrase Naff off. -
83.151.204.235 19:55, 26 September 2005 (UTC)- Hahnchen 20:00, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]- Previous edit was mine. See Porridge_(TV)#Contributions_to_the_English_language and see Google search. - Hahnchen 20:00, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete - Dicdef already on Wiktionary. --OorWullie 17:29, 27 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Needs more eyeballs. Relisting. · Katefan0(scribble) 21:33, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep per Hahnchen, linguistic controversies are encyclopedic. Kappa 23:03, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. The article doesn't just define the word, but also tells its history etc., and that's a job that wiktionary (or most dictionaries) won't do. regards, High on a tree 00:02, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. Article not a dicdef; term is of cultural/historical significance in the UK. MCB 00:49, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep reasonable enough article. Alf melmac 11:43, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. You would lose the paragraphs about history and etymology, if you would move the page to Wiktionary. -Hapsiainen 22:41, 11 October 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.