Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wet willy

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The result of the debate was merge then redirect. ugen64 02:39, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wet willy

Another vanity neologism from the creator of The Membrane. —Korath (Talk) 04:33, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. I've heard of this. It's a common childhood prank, along the lines of a wedgie. DaveTheRed 04:59, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • I like Radiant's suggestion. Merge. DaveTheRed 18:49, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Needs serious cleanup, but Delete; this is not a neologism; article pretty much nails down what a wet willy is. I don't blame you for assuming bad faith, though, given the author's other contributions, and the fact that Google returns... interesting results for "wet willy". android↔talk 05:08, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)
• Urk. OK, I was a bit overhasty here; however, this is still a dictdef, and the salvageable parts are already at wikt:wet willy, so I still say delete on that basis, without prejudice toward a real article here. —Korath (Talk) 05:20, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Hasty seems to be tonight's watchword. I didn't think to check Wiktionary. Since there is already a sufficient entry there, and this article can't really be expanded beyond a dicdef, I have changed my vote. android↔talk 05:25, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Radiant!'s merge proposal is entirely reasonable. —Korath (Talk) 22:35, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, duplicate dictionary definition. Megan1967 08:22, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, there's already a wiktionary entry. Can't grow beyond that, but I'm willing to change my vote if proven wrong. -- Mgm|^(talk) 09:40, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)
• Merge this and Wedgie and the like into an article called School pranks or something similar. There's probably half a dozen others that foreigners such as myself haven't heard of. Radiant_* 14:24, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Noogie could go there, and someone could dig swirly out of the deletion log. Kappa 17:19, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Merge as per Radiant's excellent suggestion; otherwise, delete as redudant with wiktionary. --Jacobw 16:07, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Merge per Radiant, or Delete as redundant with Wiktionary. This doesn't stand as an article by itself. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 18:22, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Merge. I do like the idea of a school prank page, since these can easily fall under this one category. Zscout370 18:28, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Merge.. Indian rub! Pinkbelly! --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 20:21, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• In the spirit of being bold, the School pranks page is now open for contributions. A nice touch might be to sketch a picture displaying some of them. Once this VfD closes, wet willy should redirect there. Radiant_* 22:09, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)
• Also the name of an amusement park ride in Carl Hiaasen's novel Native Tongue. Mightn't that, along with the prank, merit an article of its own? -- Jmabel | Talk 08:22, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

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