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Keep – “Oy vey” is not a dictionary term but rather an extremely popular phrase in Jewish/Yiddish/Germanic language translating into ““
woe is me”. Which by the way, also has an article here on Wikipedia. Though it may not expand beyond its current “Stub” status. It is a phrase with
Etymology connotations that expand beyond a simple dictionary term. Worst case scenario Redirect to
Yiddish words used in English. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Shoessss (
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18:06, 12 July 2018 (UTC)reply
A redirect is certainly fine, but
Woe is me is just a disambiguation page, none of whose targets are about the phrase itself. Moreover, the popularity of the phrase is more or less irrelevant to the state of the article. It may be possible that an encyclopedic article could be written about this, but in the 12 years or so since the previous nomination, it hasn't expanded beyond information that leaves it as a mere
WP:DICDEF. –
Deacon Vorbis (
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18:12, 12 July 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep. The information in this article greatly exceeds what would appear in a dictionary entry. Most of the discussion of possible etymologies, equivalent phrases in other languages, and cultural significance would not be appropriate in Wiktionary, and would simply be deleted. Measured in kilobytes, this article contains eight times as much information as the corresponding Wiktionary entry, even after the nominator deleted the entire "popular culture" section.
P Aculeius (
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18:20, 12 July 2018 (UTC)reply
From
WP:NOTDIC: "Note that dictionary entries and encyclopedia articles do not differ simply on grounds of length. An entry in an comprehensive dictionary (or a topical encyclopedic dictionary) would probably contain illustrative quotations for each listed meaning; etymologies; translations; inflections; links to related and derived terms; links to synonyms, antonyms, and homophones; a pronunciation guide in various dialects, including links to sound files; and usage notes; it could be very long indeed." The size of the article (especially a raw byte count) is irrelevant. The current state of the Wiktionary entry is irrelevant. This is a discussion about oy vey as an encyclopedia entry. In what way does this article discuss any sort of cultural significance in the way that, for example, the entry at
Ain't does? –
Deacon Vorbis (
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00:42, 13 July 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
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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.
Keep – “Oy vey” is not a dictionary term but rather an extremely popular phrase in Jewish/Yiddish/Germanic language translating into ““
woe is me”. Which by the way, also has an article here on Wikipedia. Though it may not expand beyond its current “Stub” status. It is a phrase with
Etymology connotations that expand beyond a simple dictionary term. Worst case scenario Redirect to
Yiddish words used in English. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Shoessss (
talk •
contribs)
18:06, 12 July 2018 (UTC)reply
A redirect is certainly fine, but
Woe is me is just a disambiguation page, none of whose targets are about the phrase itself. Moreover, the popularity of the phrase is more or less irrelevant to the state of the article. It may be possible that an encyclopedic article could be written about this, but in the 12 years or so since the previous nomination, it hasn't expanded beyond information that leaves it as a mere
WP:DICDEF. –
Deacon Vorbis (
carbon •
videos)
18:12, 12 July 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep. The information in this article greatly exceeds what would appear in a dictionary entry. Most of the discussion of possible etymologies, equivalent phrases in other languages, and cultural significance would not be appropriate in Wiktionary, and would simply be deleted. Measured in kilobytes, this article contains eight times as much information as the corresponding Wiktionary entry, even after the nominator deleted the entire "popular culture" section.
P Aculeius (
talk)
18:20, 12 July 2018 (UTC)reply
From
WP:NOTDIC: "Note that dictionary entries and encyclopedia articles do not differ simply on grounds of length. An entry in an comprehensive dictionary (or a topical encyclopedic dictionary) would probably contain illustrative quotations for each listed meaning; etymologies; translations; inflections; links to related and derived terms; links to synonyms, antonyms, and homophones; a pronunciation guide in various dialects, including links to sound files; and usage notes; it could be very long indeed." The size of the article (especially a raw byte count) is irrelevant. The current state of the Wiktionary entry is irrelevant. This is a discussion about oy vey as an encyclopedia entry. In what way does this article discuss any sort of cultural significance in the way that, for example, the entry at
Ain't does? –
Deacon Vorbis (
carbon •
videos)
00:42, 13 July 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
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