Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fanboy

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 to Fan (person). –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:26, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fanboy

Dicdef, original research, poor sources, no hope of expansion. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 15:59, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:N, lacking reliable sources, possibly failing WP:V, and as ten pound stated, No hope of expansion.--~~Þέŗṃέłḥìμŝ~~ ^Life_Death 17:07, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Both to Fanboy (disambiguation). Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 19:01, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect both to Fan (person), with a disambig note for Fanboy at the top. Fences and windows (talk) 20:49, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge both with Fan (person), there is already a section on this, just add the info from these articles to it. ~Sana (talk) 11:09, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect both to Fan (person), I really can't see the need for an article on the specific term. Pick it up with {{redirect}} and link to Fanboy (disambiguation) (check that the 'fanboy' items under "Media" are there too), which links to wiktionary for the definition. (Emperor (talk) 13:54, 24 May 2009 (UTC))[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. —Emperor (talk) 13:55, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The article needs a lot of work, but fanboy is a commonly used expression, Google finding it appearing in 4,520,000 places on the internet. It is a notable concept, something that goes far above just the definition of the word. Dream Focus 03:58, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But how is the concept of Fanboy or Fangirl notably different from Fan (person), such that they need separate articles? Equivalent terms shouldn't have separate articles. Fences and windows (talk) 13:47, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Fan (person)#Fanboy/fangirl, which is the same topic, per WP:DICDEF. Colonel Warden (talk) 11:44, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Fan (person)#Fanboy/fangirl, same concept with a different name. AlexanderM 28 May 2009 —Preceding undated comment added 11:36, 29 May 2009 (UTC).[reply]

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.