Wiktionary:Requests for deletion

This page is for deletion requests, for when you think a page should be deleted. See our deletion rules for more information. Old requests can be found here.

Listing for deletion

Start each deletion request with a link to the page (put the page name in brackets: [[like this]] = like this), then with your reason(s) the page should be deleted. Sign and date your deletion request automatically with ~~~~ (four tildes).

Quick deletion

Remember to put {{delete|reason}} at the top of a page for quick deletion requests ("reason" should be replaced by your reason for the request):

Quick deletion of this page has been requested. The reason given is: Delete; nonsense

If you disagree with its deletion, please explain why on the discussion page or at Wiktionary:Requests for deletion. If you intend to fix it, please remove this notice, but do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself.

Administrators - Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

This type of deletion request does not need to be listed on this page.

Regular deletion

For regular requests, put {{delreq|reason}} at the top of a page, and list it here under "Deletion requests". That template will add this:

Deletion of this page has been requested. The reason given is: reason

You may join the discussion if you'd like to give your opinion on this request. Please do not remove this notice or empty this page while the discussion is happening. You are welcome to edit this page and improve it.

Not all deletion requests are listed here. There are probably more in Category:Deletion requests.

An example entry:

===[[genericwordtobedeleted]]===
This entry is redundant, not notable, and all in all one that doesn't belong in a dictionary.  -- ~~~~
*'''Delete'''.  -- ~~~~

Voting on deletion requests

If you wish to vote on a deletion, give your vote (delete, keep, move, comment, etc.), your reason(s), and your signature as above. One vote per username will be counted on each request. Creating a second account to vote more than once is called creating a sockpuppet. While you may create as many accounts as you want, the same person will not be allowed to vote more than once, even if he or she uses a different account. The same person may comment on a single request as much as he or she wishes.

Quick deletion requests

This section is for pages that should be quickly deleted. Few pages belong in this section. If a page should be quickly deleted, putting {{delete}} at the top of the page is enough. Most pages should be discussed in the next section before being deleted. Only copyright violations, vandalism, etc. should be listed here.

Deletion requests

Pages are deleted if there is no opposition to the request after 7 days

onion

We all know what onion is, but the definition that is given on the page isn't really what it is. I tried to improve it, but can't find a proper way to describe it myself. Unless someone can help to improve it, I would vote to delete this page so as to avoid confusing our readers. --Hydriz (talk) 15:03, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

• Delete as nominator. --Hydriz (talk) 15:03, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
• Question WOuld it be better if I changed it to "brings tears to your eyes" "makes your eyes water" etc.? As this is a wiktionary for people learning english I thought this would be the simplest definition.--96.51.38.246 (talk) 01:45, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
• Keep. It can be fixed. No need to delete! πr² (talk • changes) 01:57, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
  • Great, seems like it has been fixed by PiRSquared17 (thank you!), withdrawing this nomination. --Hydriz (talk) 10:24, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

scene change

I think we should delete it. It is not listed as own word in dictionaries as it is formed of scene and change. I don't think we need articles on compared words. -Barras talk 19:19, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

• Keep: Deleting this would say that we're moving towards adopting SOP. I'm not comfortable with SOP on EN, and even less so here, where you can't assume the leaps of faith needed to make SOP work. Purplebackpack89 (talk) 19:48, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
• Delete Anyone with even a simple grasp of english that knows what "scene" means will know what a scene change is. Redundant definition even if it is a frequently used term in the video business.--96.51.38.246 (talk) 01:48, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

whore hole‎

Has also been nominated on enwikt. -Barras talk 14:21, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

keep. This word gets hits on google, I thought I made it up until I searched it. I was actually disappointed to find that I had not created it. Their are many listings of it including the urban dictionary, not that helps. I get the feeling that the urban dic is not much liked aruond here. Anyway, many hits on google, its real. Im no scholar and if the definition makes no sense please help fix it. Thanks Sonic Matrix (talk) 23:17, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Putting this request on hold pending the result of the nomination on enwikt. --Hydriz (talk) 05:59, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Deleted as deletion request was approved on the English Wiktionary. --Hydriz (talk) 15:06, 17 April 2013 (UTC)