Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/London slang

London slang

If this is London slang at all, it's not anything I've heard, in 20 years of living in London. Maybe this is the slang of some tiny group of clubbers; maybe it's nonsense. In any case, a proper article on slang in London would be far more detailed than this, as it would need to describe all the different kinds of slang prevalent in different London ethnic and socioeconomic groups, as well as subcultures. Delete or rewrite from scratch. -- Karada 08:03, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Direct quote from WP:WWIN: "[Wikipedia is not]: A usage guide, or slang and idiom guide. Wikipedia is not in the business of saying how words, idioms, etc., are used. We aren't teaching people how to talk like a leet cracker or a Cockney chimney-sweep." Exactly. --Dmcdevit·t 08:08, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
~~Delete~~ - this stuff belongs in wiktionary, if anywhere, though they're probably not going to take it in this format -- Francs2000 | Talk File:Uk flag large.png 08:10, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as I said on the discussion page: many of the words are defined quite adequately in the average dictionary; this sounds like a particular subculture's slang (see Gina Yashere on the Lenny Henry show) rather than "London" slang. Brequinda 08:29, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete although I actually suspect a copyvio. David | Talk 12:10, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I live in London and know very few of these words. Susvolans (pigs can fly) 12:23, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Dmcdevit. Dcarrano 17:00, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
Delete, this isn't anything I recognise and includes none of the slang I've heard Londoners use. Vashti 19:01, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete questionable whether London slang varies significantly from general British slang, but if there is a legitimate article on this subject then this isn't it. PatGallacher 23:41, 2005 July 22 (UTC)
Delete notability not established. JamesBurns 04:20, 23 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for reasons provided above. Binadot 22:46, 23 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

All subsequent votes are associated with the cleaned up version of the article, which has significantly altered its content. -- Francs2000 | Talk File:Uk flag large.png 14:34, 25 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I think the current version is fine. Secretlondon 08:12, 24 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep VfD~=cleanup. Grue 16:40, 24 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Strongest keep possible good rewrite. Grue 09:51, 25 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I live in london. Its nonsense. "Peckish", and "Snog" are slang terms nationally not only in london, and "queue" isn't a slang term whatsoever. ~~~~ 21:51, 24 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE: The article was entirely rewritten. Keep new version. It's now linguistics, so anyone who opposed on Wiktionary grounds should really revisit the article. It is not duplicate material, and it is not a list of slang terms anymore. Geogre 03:24, 25 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have read the rewritten version, and sorry, I still vote to delete. Its starting point is still BA's guide to London slang, there is not a great deal apart from that. Some of the words are general British slang. London is a large multi-cultural city, you'll be hard pressed to find many words that are common across not London but not elsewhere. BA were producing an advertising campaign aimed at an American audience, not a serious exercise in linguistics. PatGallacher 10:43, 2005 July 25 (UTC)

Change of vote to keep following rewrite. -- Francs2000 | Talk File:Uk flag large.png 14:34, 25 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]