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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CB slang

: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The result was Speedy Keep, I've withdrawn my nomination for AfD. (WP:NACD) CTJF83 GoUSA 21:32, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

=[[CB slang]]=

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WP:NOTDIRECTORY, 'nough said. CTJF83 GoUSA 23:13, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

::I withdraw the nomination. CTJF83 GoUSA 05:54, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep. Convoy (song) was a number-1 hit in the 1970s, and served to popularize CB slang among people who had not used it before. Clearly notable. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 23:28, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep. Not a great article as it is, which is basically just a glossary of terms, but it could be if it were more about the history and development of CB slang. Example of a reference which might be used for improvement along those lines: [http://www.articlesbase.com/trucks-articles/following-cb-slang-down-the-yellowlined-road-alligators-and-chickens-and-bears-oh-my-782655.html] Chuck (talk) 23:34, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep It was very notable back in 1976 [http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22CB+radio%22+slang&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&sa=N&sugg=d&as_ldate=1975&as_hdate=1979&lnav=hist1] when knowing the terms was an indispensible part of the brief CB craze, and notability doesn't expire. That said, it does need to be more like Text messaging abbreviations (which redirects to the official term SMS language), where the terms are part of an article about the use of the jargon, and not the other way around. But delete the article in its entirety? Neggatorie on that good buddy. Mandsford (talk) 03:51, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
  • SMS language has a lot of back story and a few more notable/popular abbreviations, unlike this article which is the opposite. CTJF83 GoUSA 18:46, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
  • CB slang has a lot of back story, it's just not captured in the article yet. I wouldn't object to pruning the list of examples. Chuck (talk) 22:46, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Transwiki to wiktionary as an appendix on CB slang, and also enter each as an entry at wiktionary. 70.29.210.242 (talk) 04:08, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

::: And to whoever wants to make 100 different entries in Wiktionary, I can only say "Have fun!" Mandsford (talk) 00:05, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep because the topic is suitable for encyclopedic treatment, and some of the article's contents (drastically pruned) could be used in an improved article. ReverendWayne (talk) 05:15, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Did any of you read WP:NOTDIRECTORY? It's also WP:NOTAMANUAL CTJF83 GoUSA 07:45, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Yes, I have read WP:NOTDIRECTORY. Perhaps you could look at the policy WP:ATD which states that regular editing, not deletion, is appropriate for pages that can be improved. WP:NOTDIRECTORY would apply if an article on CB slang could never be anything more than a list of terms. Chuck_Carroll and Mandsford have argued to the contrary above, to my mind persuasively. ReverendWayne (talk) 16:57, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
  • It is 95% just terms. Perhaps a few sourced notable ones can be merged to Citizens' band radio? CTJF83 GoUSA 18:44, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep Evidently notable. Colonel Warden (talk) 13:41, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep If you read WP:NOTDICTIONARY exceptions for cases such as in the case of this article can be made, as these translation of slang articles are listed as desirable. At the very least this article should be Transwikied. Volbeatfan (talk) 21:31, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep It a historical part of american culture, sub-linked from the main Truck driver article. There were numerous cultural references to this slang, particularly around the time of Convoy (song) which focused American attention on the industry during the 1979 energy crisis. This slang and related culture was front page news at that time. Movies such as White Line Fever (film), the Smokey and the Bandit series; TV Series such as B. J. and the Bear and Movin' On (TV series) ALL USE THIS SLANG as common dialogue. Notability is not temporary. WP:NTEMPTrackinfo (talk) 21:32, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Whats wrong with listing a few sources about its usage in movies etc, and listing only a few notable sourced examples, instead of a long list of examples. CTJF83 GoUSA 21:35, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep per Trackinfo. TomCat4680 (talk) 00:24, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep Click on the Google news link up top and read the summaries. Obviously notable. Plus common sense. Dream Focus 17:19, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep, per the exceptions in WP:NOTDICTIONARY. Kudos to Colonel Warden for the rescue effort. =) --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 19:42, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep - CB Slang, CB Lingo, CB Speech are some of the name sit is known by. There's even academic treatments of it. Eg. [http://www.jstor.org/pss/455122]. -- Whpq (talk) 21:23, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

: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.