Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Signature move

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 delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 06:50, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Signature move

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Appears to be a straight up WP:DICDEF that has existed for a decade without sources, meaning that it is unlikely to be sourced or encyclopedic. I couldn't find any significant mentions in references. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 11:09, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:51, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or maybe merge with Modus operandi which covers the topic better. A Guy into Books (talk) 12:30, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

modus operandi? I don't think so.--Alexmar983 (talk) 07:54, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:34, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep. It gets a bit of coverage in nba.com ("When Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki finally retires, his signature move will live on"), Bleacher Report (""Best Signature Moves in NBA History: Centers"). Pelé has his bicycle kick,[1] Tony Hawk apparently has one, according to Esquire, as does David Beckham (Bend It Like Beckham). Clarityfiend (talk) 04:42, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Those articles are not about the concept of a signature move, but about people who have once done signature moves. The mentions are not significant enough to make the topic notable and not just a dictionary definition with related trivia._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 17:25, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

An alternative option is to rename it List of signature moves. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:05, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly, I think that has a high chance of being WP:INDISCRIMINATE due to "signature moves" being pretty much anything under the rainbow, from a signature photo to a signature martial arts move. It also will most likely become a dumping ground for fiction cruft._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 23:17, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Does not seem to be an encyclopedic topic. No sources discussing the concept, rather just using it as a term that does exist in the dictionary. Reywas92^Talk 20:58, 28 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I saw a book discussing signature moves in sport, for example. I cannot use google but you can find a lot of newspaper articles about this topic in sport or maybe even videogames, it is just "pop". To me, this is the typical "exaggerated" wiki deletion. This article could remain and noone would even notice. In any case, enjoy the "purism", but for future reference I should remind to the generic reader that I am aware that such deletions add nothing to the effective or perceived quality of our encyclopedia, we need sources in other article for that... please no pedantic answers to this comment. I won't change my mind and they won't make anyone look more "professional".--Alexmar983 (talk) 04:29, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
This argument is basically WP:HARMLESS, which is a discouraged argument in deletion discussions. Ultimately just because there are WP:LOTSOFSOURCES doesn't make it notable._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 06:34, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
This is a bit of a WP:DICDEF, almost. It might be reasonable to see if Wiktionary will take it, since they don't appear to have an entry on the phrase. (Not a transwiki, but just a note at one of their community forums.) --Izno (talk) 22:14, 29 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, it's captured at wikt:signature. --Izno (talk) 15:47, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Just to make it clear, I'm for a delete per DICDEF. Even the proposed alternative list ends up being WP:INDISCRIMINATE. --Izno (talk) 13:12, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - it's literally just a thing. Alternately, merge as suggested. Bearian (talk) 01:31, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per DICDEF L3X1 (distænt write) 02:23, 3 September 2017 (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.