Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dogsbody

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 delete‎. asilvering (talk) 07:32, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dogsbody

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WP:NOTDICT. This article contains only a definition, synonyms, and etymological information.

Deprodded by an IP without any stated reason.

--Janhrach (talk) 17:45, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Military, and Business. Janhrach (talk) 17:45, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Entirely a dictionary definition. Reference 2 appears to be one person's pet project. The statement (ref 3) that an American equivalent is "lackey" is not held up by the reference.

I don't find a digital copy of the final reference but I would bet that what is found there is not sufficient to support this article. Lamona (talk) 00:48, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: there is a Wikipedia article about the author of source no. 2. Janhrach (talk) 15:09, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's how I confirmed that this was a personal project, unpublished (or self-published, but web-only). The "Words" site says In early 2017, he ceased writing World Wide Words. I don't think we can consider it a reliable source. In particular, I note that he does not include sources for his analysis of dogsbody so we lack verification. Lamona (talk) 15:57, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per nom and for the arguments raised above Nayyn (talk) 22:45, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect as ATD perhaps to an umbrella article pertaining to "a subject doing menial or mundane tasks" as finding within wikipedia entries like Lackey (manservant), Footman, Henchman which seems to have a similar definition.Lorraine Crane (talk) 03:04, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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