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The result was delete. Jayjg ^(talk) 02:58, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bozo (etymology) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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WP:NOT is quite clear: Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Etymologies — especially whole articles devoted to etymologies — are the domain of dictionaries and do not belong on Wikipedia. (A brief etymology as part of a longer article on a topic with an interesting history of naming may be appropriate, but this is not such a case.) Powers ^T 13:48, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. —Powers ^T 13:50, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This isn't so much a linguistic study as it is "Bozo the Clown in popular culture". What etymology there is, admittedly is original research ("Tracking the origin of the word and name bozo leads to these early uses and possible origins"). It's an interesting idea that "Bozo" is a corruption of the "vosotros" (Spanish for the 2nd person plural)-- but if there's a source that says "bozos" is the equivalent of "y'all" then it needs to be cited. I think this is guesswork dressed in sophisticated clothing. Mandsford (talk) 16:02, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• delete This article is the etymology of a particular word and so would belong in a dictionary if it were well done; not in Wikipedia.--Fartherred (talk) 04:21, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, the latter part of the article is simply a trivia list of various times the word "Bozo" appears in popular culture. The first part is actually an attempt at writing an etymology but it is unsourced and probably original research. A copy of the etymological hypotheses here was added to Wiktionary's bozo entry (now removed to the entry talk page pending verification) so there is no point in a transwiki. Thryduulf (talk) 13:33, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. The first half of the page is simply a bullet list of largely unsourced speculation on etymology, which fails both as WP:Dictionary and WP:OR. The latter half is a list of WP:TRIVIA, again to be avoided. Cnilep (talk) 17:34, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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