Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keep it on the Barber pole

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This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was DELETE. Golbez 03:18, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

Keep it on the Barber pole[edit]

A "colloquial expression" with zero Google hits. RickK 06:27, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

Zero google hits...hilarious - Rift14

Care to argue with this search? RickK 18:12, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

All the more reason that Wikipedia needs it. Check the reference. Patrick0101

  • Wikipedia is not here to popularize unknown expressions. RickK 06:50, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia is a reference for lore, arcane and other. This was used in a popular movie and I had to do some digging to find out what it meant. I didn’t just make it up. I was hoping to document it here so the next guy can find it. Patrick0101
    • Wikipedia is a reference for lore, arcane and other, no, it is not. This is not a place for neologisms and for attempts at public relations for new ideas, unknown people, undocumented phrases. RickK 18:12, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable slang. Megan1967 07:19, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, you want Urban Dictionary --the wub (talk) 09:56, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as above. Radiant_* 11:36, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, where is the slobbering of love? Is this vandalism? no Is it incorrect? no Does it have references? yes Is this guy a newbie? yes (see don’t bite the newbie). Patrick0101
  • Delete as not notable. -- Jonel 16:40, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Nobody's trying to bite you, Patrick0101, (or at least not very hard); the issue is that the general consensus is that Wikipedia is not interested in slang that doesn't have much of a history. You said you had to do some "digging" to find out what it meant - where did you dig? What did you find? If you could add some of this info to the article and convince editors that this phrase has been used pretty extensively (somewhere besides one movie), the article might be kept. If you do expand the article, you should mention it here, and it helps if you add "Rewrite" to your comment. Soundguy99 19:32, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Not notable. Jayjg (talk) 21:52, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reference Here is a Google hit: [1]

He claims it is from the book "The Parachute and its Pilot". 

   “canopy is placed on the Barber-Pole”

referring to bringing a parachute into level flight. --Patrick0101 06:28, 14 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete wikipedia does not exist to expand the awareness of uncommon sayings. Gmaxwell 19:29, 14 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Non-notable. Quale 18:09, 16 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. non-notable, and anyway I thought that definitions of what words/phrases mean was supposed to go on wiktionary? --Cynical 13:10, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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