Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plastic Paddies
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- 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. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:50, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Unreferenced Neologism. Prod removed. Google hits result in a lot of things like mirrors of wikipedia, and urban dictionary in the top results. Crossmr 18:00, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- 'Move to Plastic Paddy, which is a well-known phrase. A google search will show references, here are two to start with: [1] and [2]. Catchpole 18:11, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Everything2.com isn't a reference, its a self-published site anyone can write anything on, much like urban dictionary.--Crossmr 18:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- It also appears to be a term solely used by the people involved in this survey. That article doesn't give any indication that its a widespread popular term in use.--Crossmr 18:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay, well here are some sources of the terms being used in interviews. I will reiterate that it is in widespread use in Britain and Ireland. [3] and [4]. Catchpole 19:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per given reasons above. --ChinaNailStorm 19:00, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete - per nom. Zaxem 03:26, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete.- I found this article on a random article search and it's elitist euro nonsense that casts Wikipedia in a bad light. Sam 20:55, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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