Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Curmudgeon

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The result was delete. (X! · talk) · @137 · 02:17, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Curmudgeon

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With the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon myself, this article is little more than a WP:DICTDEF and list of people to whom this characterization is attributed, largely without references, so a it's an obvious WP:BLP issue. Pcap ping 17:37, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

COMMENT - I agree that the article as it stands fails to qualify under both of the criteria cited above. However, I believe the article could be saved with rewriting, adding more information and links, along the lines of the final paragraph.

I doubt that. I could cite a source saying that Lou Dobbs is a curmudgeon (Jon Stewart in The Daily Show), but that kind of info is going to have serious POV issues even if sourced. Pcap ping 18:38, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

delete, you can't say anything about curmudgeons, all you can do is make a list of so-called curmudgeons. Polarpanda (talk) 20:04, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The definition is already covered at Wiktionary. The WP:OR list tacked on the end doesn't make this an encyclopedia article.--Michig (talk) 08:34, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Hasn't got any better since mid 2008 when it was created to replace a redirect to a Nirvana album,[1] and it never will. It's just a word, not a concept or topic. Fences&Windows 21:17, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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