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The result was merge to Glossary of cricket terms. (non-admin closure) Mz7 (talk) 05:33, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Biffer[edit]

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This deletion nomination covers two related cricket articles:

These are essentially dictionary definitions of a slang term which can be readily handled in Glossary of cricket terms. The articles are padded out by an unreferenced list of players who fit the definition, but this is not satisfactorily encyclopedic in nature for retention. Only a handful of article-space pages use either link. Aspirex (talk) 09:34, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 20:44, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 20:44, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and Redirect to Glossary of cricket terms per nom. No sense keeping these WP:DICDEFs when there's an obvious place for them. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 20:45, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per above. "Biffer" is also vulgar British slang for "unattractive woman", but I can't think of a suitable article for that. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 06:49, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Merge obviously; we have glossary articles for a reason. We don't need to care that one of them can also be a slang term, unless it's an encyclopedic topic and is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for that term; even then it's just a WP:DAB matter, and the cricket content belongs in the cricket glossary. It's highly unlikely anyway (see deletion history of Butterface, a comparable American slang term much closer to WP:N than "biffer" as slang. PS: Glossary of cricket terms needs some minor cleanup; e.g., it shouldn't be capitalizing the first letter of terms in usual Wikipedia list style, since it makes it impossible to distinguish proper names from regular words. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ 19:02, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

While the Urban Dictionary is not a reliable source, its definition of the slang biffer made me chuckle. I would be astonished if Viz had not used the term at some point. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 20:38, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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