The result was no consensus. Reviewing this discussion in detail, there were some very poor rationales presented on both sides, and some very good ones (as well as good responses). I could not find a clear consensus either way after giving certain arguments lower weights, and even if I took it all on face-value, I suspect there wouldn't be a consensus to delete either. If you think I'm going blind and missing key points, please file at WP:DRV. Daniel 08:23, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article is a dictionary entry with a pop culture section thrown it to make it seem like more than it is (pop culture sections are against policy anyway). I'm not sure what else needs to be said.
There are apparently a couple of users who seem adamant about keeping this although nobody wants to articulate a reason.
--Mcorazao 17:31, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I think we need to stay on topic here. The question is not whether we can add some interesting discussion in the article. I could add a whole section on the Roman Empire saying that the empire was "copasetic" but that is beside the point. The question here is whether there is an actual subject here. A good test to use is, if I were to substitute the title word with a synonym (say, "acceptable" in this case) would it still make sense and would the subject remain the same. For this article the answer is obviously "no". The thing being discussed here is the word. There is no "concept" of acceptability being discussed (and if the intent is to create an article on that concept then the article is misnamed and the content does not really support it). I agree that there is some interesting annecdotes surrounding the term "copasetic" but Wikipedia is not a collection of interesting annecdotes. Every article should clearly discuss a thing that is independent of what terms might be used to describe it. The terms used to describe things should be listed in Wiktionary (along with their definitions, etymology, and any other relevant information about the words themselves). --Mcorazao 18:54, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]