Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 May 31#8 rock
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==8 rock==
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- {{no redirect|1 = 8 rock }} → :List of ethnic slurs (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8_rock&action=history history] · [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-05-30&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=8_rock stats])
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Not mentioned in the target. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 23:51, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
- Delete - I note the presence of [http://8-rock.com/ 8-rock.com] on the web, which sells drawings of black men but is in no way disparaging. I see no Google-hits for an ethnic slur, but there are many geographic locations that could satisfy the search term. - Richard Cavell (talk) 20:20, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
- It was listed in the article in [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_ethnic_slurs&oldid=44412385 March 2006] when the redirect was created, with a reference to the Cassell Dictionary of Slang, which I don't have access to. It begs the question of when the term was removed from the list, but I don't know how to find that out without trawling through 11 years worth of history. Possibly a WP:RX request to determine whether the term is in the dictionary would be appropriate. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 12:41, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
- Comment - I can confirm that "eight rock" appears in [https://books.google.ca/books?id=5GpLcC4a5fAC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA474#v=onepage&q&f=false Page 474] of Cassell dictionary of slang. Whether "8 rock" appears in the dictionary I'm not sure. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 02:58, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
- Delete - "Eight rock" [http://aalbc.com/authors/harlemslang.htm appears] [http://www.gradesaver.com/paradise/study-guide/eight-rock to be] an analogy comparing skin color shades to mining that's only descriptive and not pejorative. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 10:48, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
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