Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chinface

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result of the debate was no consensus. Mailer Diablo 17:34, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Chinface

Neologism. Usage as defined in the article appears to be limited to one Web site.[1] --phh 01:25, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

delete per nom. Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens 02:13, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. A very strange article, something that I have never heard of, and I doubt that anyone cares to hear about. Weatherman90 04:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep — An article that needs to be cleaned up and have more information added, but it has more usage than beyond the single website. (For instance you can read the article to find international usage.) Val42 05:02, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep I've never heard it called "Chinface," but that concept has certainly been around for years. OhNo itsJamie ^Talk 05:59, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete.Enecyclopedic neologism.--Dakota ~ ° 07:47, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The "idiosyncratic usage" clause of WP:GT means that a low number of google hits for a single name for a concept/subject does not automatically render the actual subject of the article nn. While there is no clear and universal term that can be used for a rename, we find enough evidence of "chinface" on google to see that it's not a protologism. Since the subject of the article is notable (per Ohnoitsjamie), the mere lack of a universally-known name for that subject should not compel a deletion. So, we have a reasonably notable subject with a somewhat-lesser-known name - this makes it a particularly poor candidate for transfer to wiktionary and a reasonably decent candidate for WP inclusion. Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr. 10:07, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The editor who wrote this article has made other dubious edits ([2], [3]) referencing subjects on losethegame.com, the website mentioned above, suggesting that the attempt to "mainstream" the Chinface appellation is part of an ongoing violation of WP:SPAM. --phh 15:17, 16 March 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Please understand that I am not trying to spam my website. My website is about things I am interested in. If I find that something I believe to be notable, such as chinface, is not on Wikipedia, I will add it. If I have already written about it on my website, then I will link to it in an attempt to provide more information. I can assure you that my website does not make me any money. Kernow 20:30, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Though not for lack of trying, apparently. --phh 22:38, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete neologism, unencycopedic. I appreciate the Red Dwarf reference as much as anyone but I can't see how chinface is sufficiently notable separate from internet videos to merit an article. MLA 13:17, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete nn cruft article. -Oscar Arias 16:31, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per B. P. Smith above I've heard of the term before B.ellis 21:19, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Gunmen of the Apocalypse was an absolutely awesome Red Dwarf episode, but this thing is not a notable phenomenon. - Hahnchen 22:44, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I don't know if this is most commonly refered to as chinface, maybe it should be moved to chinhead or chinman. However, such videos are very common, youtube.com alone features many [4], so this phenomenom should be featured somewhere. Kernow 20:43, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I first saw this on America's Funniest Home Videos (or maybe Funniest People, I just know a full house actor hosted the show) at least ten years ago. If anyone else remembers this, and has time to research it, that could possibly be a source for a different term for it. Dansiman 08:19, 21 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This certainly didn't originate with Red Dwarf, but at least in 1990, and I've edited the article accordingly. Has it been referred to as "chinface" anywhere other than this website? Vashti 17:14, 22 March 2006 (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.