Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shit or get off the pot

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 06:29, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Shit or get off the pot

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Contested PROD. This has existed for years with only a single source, no indiciation this is a particularly notable English saying beyond a standard dictionary definition. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:56, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

delete as just a dictionary of slang entry. Mangoe (talk) 15:56, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Discuss 18:21, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per Mangoe. Non-notable phrase. Nothing online except slang dictionaries and idioms that I can see. As a common Englishman myself, can't say I've ever heard of this expressoin - not that that is at all relevant. Just sayin'. Nick Moyes (talk) 01:46, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Wikipedia is not a dictionary. CookieMonster755 ✉ 16:50, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The phrase has an association with Richard Nixon, who said it to Eisenhower during the 1952 campaign controversy that was ultimately resolved by the Checkers speech [1][2]. Our article about the Checkers speech includes the quote. but strangely it is not mentioned in the Wiktionary entry for the phrase [3]. There are a number of mentions of the phrase in linguistics contexts (see the results from the search string I added above) but I suspect these will not change the minds of those who prefer a more forceful application of WP:DICTDEF.--Arxiloxos (talk) 20:25, 25 January 2018 (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.