Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Narutard

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The result of the debate was DELETE. jni 16:34, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Narutard

It is a the combed word play of the words: naurto and retarded (sprinkle sic to taste). Terminally trivial. Absolutely unnotable. -- Hoary 08:18, 2005 Feb 18 (UTC)

Delete. Not notable, poorly written, and I can even detect a POV against Naruto fans. 193.167.132.66 08:37, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Rewritten. I've run into some of these 'narutards' and I think I understand the author's intent here. 147.11.37.11 09:49, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Neologistic insult. Scores about 1700 on google, but it seems too limited in scope to put on WP. I'd suggest merge with Naruto. Radiant! 12:12, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
Delete I can't imagine why a neologism insult deserves a merge. --InShaneee 16:49, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Neologism, may deserve wiktionary entry if the series gets big. I've never heard of Naruto, but then again I prefer Futurama to anime. Why doesn't Fox bring that back? :) HyperZonk^talk 17:15, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Agreed. – flamurai (t) 17:45, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Gamaliel 17:47, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Naruto is a kids' series that is expected to be the next Dragonball; Narutard has already been submitted many times to urbandictionary. 147.11.37.11 23:45, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Well, then the article should come back once they actually become the next Dragonball. Radiant! 10:13, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)
Delete. just a slam against people who like naruto. it's not that everyone who likes naruto is a retard, it's just that a lot of people are stupid, and a lot of people like naruto, thus ensuring that many of them are "narutards". might be better as part of the naruto page (if rewritten properly). --gb 03:10, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. I suggest that the article be rewritten, though. But this is a word that is openly used on the internet, regardless of it being an insult or not. 201.130.174.64 03:40, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Edited. Reason: I was not logged in, my apologies. I'm editing this comment to make my opinion a bit more believable. David Silva 03:42, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

-Keep its all true ...05:12, 2005 Feb 20 144.133.99.95 forgot to hit the twiddle key
Delete. Neologism. --Carnildo 06:34, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Keep. It only contains disputed information and requires cleanup. It is still an informative article, and once it is properly amended, will formalize and prevent further corruption of the term among its relevant contexts. ...at 07:07, 2005 Feb 20 64.180.8.148 refrained from hitting the twiddle key
Delete, neologism. And I'm diddling my twiddle button Ashibaka tlk 07:11, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Its a real term, and they exist. The only people who want it to be deleted are who it applies too unsigned attack from 82.34.89.143
Delete--User:Boothy443 | comhrÚ 07:47, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. This might make more sense in Wiktionary -- with a lot of cleanup. Yipdw 09:46, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Delete. IMO, not really of any cultural significance (then again, I don't care for Naruto either). It does not belong on Wikipedia. Wikitonary, maybe. Urbandictionary, most definitely. Ghost Freeman 17:56, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Keep. Term is being widely used throughout internet forums and is likely to be found in Anime-related discussions. Although "Narutard" clearly shows relation to Naruto anime, this phenomenon was evident in the times Dragon Ball series were popular. "Narutard" might be considered as descriptive term for a certain type of fans of Anime series that grew extremely popular, yet are not necessarily very sophisticated. Fans, who are fully devoted to the fandom yet completely lacking skills to express their devotion in an intelligent way, thus reverting to pointless discussions, trolling, lame cosplay and intolerant points of view.unsigned vote from 84.188.255.127
Delete. Shanes 19:40, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Delete. While the term exists, the article is completely uncalled for. It should be deleted, or at the very least, completely rewritten by someone with a neutral stance on the series. at 20:26, 2005 Feb 20 67.82.228.189 refrained from hitting the twiddle key
Keep * This term has significance in the anime fan subtitling subculture. Have a wikipedia.org entry allows users of the term to just paste a link the explain their insult. at 22:11, 2005 Feb 20 128.220.43.225 added this to the top but failed to hit the twiddle key
Keep I say keep it. It's insulting to plenty of people. Sure, it should be rewritten somewhat, but some on. Anyone can see the HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS of name remakes from Naruto. If you have a problem with it, stop being one then. at 23:26, 2005 Feb 20 68.230.161.229 refrained from hitting the twiddle key
Comment: if you want your vote to count, you have to log in -- and your username had better have some history of contributions elsewhere to Wikipedia. Also, please add your vote to the foot of this list, not the top. Thank you. -- Hoary 23:50, 2005 Feb 20 (UTC)
- That is not, in fact, what the rules of VfD say. Newbies' votes are not automatically discarded. Redxiv 06:22, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  - OK. But they're not taken seriously. -- Hoary 07:53, 2005 Feb 21 (UTC)
Delete -- Longhair 01:21, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Redirect to Naruto or delete. Wikipedia is not UrbanDictionary. — Gwalla | Talk 01:48, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, Urban or otherwise. Redxiv 06:22, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Redirect -- Definitely a notable term, but how this is applied outside of Naruto fandom is beyond me. The article is accurate, but could definitely be shortened and rewritten from a more 'Naruto friendly' perspective. SnowPuma 6:28, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)
- Comment Total number of contributions, including that directly above, by SnowPuma: zero. The edit above was actually made at 07:31, 2005 Feb 21 by 69.41.97.173, who also changed "naurto" (sic) in what I quoted at the very top to "naruto" (I've changed it back). -- Hoary 07:53, 2005 Feb 21 (UTC)
Keep I'm sure this article can be saved to be made less POV. Aknorals 08:25, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Keep The word is used all the time in the manga anime community. --Elvisrules 07:46, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Note: This is Elvisrules' only edit. --InShaneee 15:31, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Keep I don't see anything wrong with the definition, it's all perfectly accurate. Although I would add that one of the steps of Purists in the wake of the liscensing of Naruto is that they're begging ShoPro to 'unliscense it'.
- Note: Comment by 67.183.120.178. This is his only edit. --InShaneee 15:46, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Delete Sockpuppets and unregistered users may love it, but editors with a history here hold this encyclopedia to much, much higher standards than this insulting, pointless, nonnotable neologism. DreamGuy 09:27, Feb 23, 2005 (UTC)
Delete --nixie 09:32, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Keep. I am too a naruto-fan, and I think they should keep the word, but it was unnecessary for them to say that anime fans spend hundreds of dollars on cosplaying outfits, and that we camp out in front of offices.Lenna 04:14, 22 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Note: edit made by unregistered user 172.194.37.136. This is his only edit. --InShaneee 15:46, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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