Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pulling a stroke

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. czar 18:33, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pulling a stroke

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This article is essentially a dictionary definition with a couple of examples of usage; see Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary. It has been tagged for improvement since 2011. Perhaps it should be redirected to Practical joke or Scam or something like that. —Bkell (talk) 15:09, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Language and Ireland. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 15:35, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Bizarre and indiscriminate WP:NOTDICTIONARY (or WP:NOTURBANDICTIONARY) entry. Notwithstanding that this "article" has simply been a target for ATP stuff and nonsense, the titular subject falls below the thresholds of any number of guidelines (including WP:GNG and WP:NOTINDISCRIMINATE). While I understand the WP:ATD-R suggestions, I personally don't think that either proposed target is entirely correct (as there is no single meaning and, even if we defined the term in either target, using either article to define the term isn't really in project scope either). Just delete. As outside project scope. Guliolopez (talk) 16:04, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 16:10, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Guliolopez. Spleodrach (talk) 16:14, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. This reeks of 2009 Wikipedia in all the wrong ways. -1ctinus📝🗨 16:46, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Not enough information to justify an own article on this phrase. The article is basically just an explanation on what it means and an irrelevant list of it being mentioned in TV shows. The history/origin of this phrase is not mentioned anywhere in the article, which is why I think it can be deleted without any real loss of relevant, encyclopedic content. --Mondtaler (talk) 21:45, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This isn't the dictionary, we have a site for this. I would support moving this article in some form to the dictionary, however.

Kingsmasher678 (talk) 22:39, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per others and WP:NOTDICTIONARY. StewdioMACK (talk) 20:31, 28 August 2024 (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.