Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Attack poodle

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:10, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Attack poodle (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Another supposed political term that in fact is used all over the place for the obvious dissonance of "poodle" (presumably they are thinking of toy poodles since a full sized one is in fact a perfectly good hunting dog) and "attack". I'm not seeing any traction for as a term and the phrase in context is obvious; GBook hits in particular are overwhelmed by hits in fiction. The cite support is all "someone used the phrase," not that there's much. Mangoe (talk) 15:48, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:02, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 17:38, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge Seems essentially redundant with Poodle (insult); we don't need a seperate article for the attack modifier. Rusalkii (talk) 18:33, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I've also nominated the latter. In any case I don't think these were meant to insult the subjects along the same lines. Mangoe (talk) 22:58, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge is fine as suggested. Bearian (talk) 05:30, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Poodle (insult) assuming that Poodle (insult) will be kept (I think it should be kept). My very best wishes (talk) 02:54, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge as that would be fine Codonified (talk) 01:51, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Poodle (insult) per reasonings above jolielover♥talk 16:27, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: We've got a problem here, as at the moment there is pretty clearly a consensus to merge this article with another article that is itself currently nominated for deletion. A relist allows tome for the result of that discussion to become clear, although I'm not at all sure what to do with this discussion if it is deleted.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Beeblebrox ^Beebletalks 22:32, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete both articles per my reasoning in the other AfD and WP:NOTDICTIONARY. If Poodle (insult) is kept, then merge as a second choice. MCE89 (talk) 03:15, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per my reasons at the other AFD as well. There's no point in merging two bad articles into one bad article. 35.139.154.158 (talk) 14:17, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: If this neologism/insult "was further popularized" in 2004, it should have found use in any reliable sources since then. I was not able to find any. It does not seem a notable phrase and isn't singled out in any sources used as such. Reconrabbit 20:43, 24 January 2025 (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.