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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skype-ing

: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 redirect. --BDD (talk) 22:00, 23 October 2012 (UTC) (non-admin closure)

=[[Skype-ing]]=

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:({{Find sources|Skype-ing}})

Contested PROD - WP:MADEUP - Probably not useful as a redirect  -- WikHead (talk) 19:43, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

  • Redirect to Skype - This is certainly not a hoax, I have heard the word and [http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&q=Skype-ing&oq=Skype-ing&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i400.4106.5206.0.5396.9.4.0.5.5.0.61.212.4.4.0...0.0...1ac.1.qLwMVQ8y_m8 Google News] and [http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&q=Skype-ing&oq=Skype-ing&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i400.4106.5206.0.5396.9.4.0.5.5.0.61.212.4.4.0...0.0...1ac.1.qLwMVQ8y_m8#q=Skype-ing&hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&source=lnt&tbs=ar:1&sa=X&ei=-b19UK_ELKjk2AW5h4DYBg&ved=0CCMQpwUoBQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=6c76beeb56ac3870&bpcl=35440803&biw=1304&bih=647 Google News archives] provided several results to confirm the word is widely used for using Skype. SwisterTwister talk 20:07, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

:*Comment - I was going to redirect this to Skype myself, but figured the hyphen in its name would render the redirect implausible. Without a hyphen, a redirect would indeed be the way to go.  -- WikHead (talk) 20:14, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

:::It appears both "Skype-ing" and "Skyping" are used, as shown by [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=Skyping&oq=Skyping&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i400.558.1728.0.1920.7.4.0.3.3.0.209.506.1j2j1.4.0...0.0...1ac.1.2tFb4BtvflM#q=Skyping&hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&source=lnt&tbs=ar:1&sa=X&ei=rM19UPesDKbc2QWRoYHoCw&ved=0CCIQpwUoBQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=7004204ecf473dc3&bpcl=35440803&biw=1310&bih=647 Google News]. SwisterTwister talk 21:14, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

::::Do you think it's something that someone would actually type into the search box?  -- WikHead (talk) 21:35, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

:::::Yes, Skype is a separate word with "ing" as the ending. SwisterTwister talk 22:44, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:46, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

  • Redirect to Skype. Corn cheese (talk) 17:19, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Skype. This is now a very common expression, though I would never spell it this way. Kooky2 (talk) 00:48, 23 October 2012 (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.