Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Volte-face

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 10:42, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia is not a dictionary. The term has no particularized lexical content, but is merely an idiom—it describes nothing that about-face or U-turn does not, and that referent is not a real concept in political science or what have you. Remsense ‥ 论 10:34, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Remsense ‥ 论 10:34, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom and WP:INDISCRIMINATE – ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · contribs · email · global) 10:46, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete per nom. It's more structured like a Wiktionary article than one for Wikipedia, even. 2601:44:180:98B0:190B:331F:A61A:D86 (talk) 19:15, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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