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The result was delete. Doczilla _{@SUPERHEROLOGIST} 21:16, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia is not a jargon guide or dictionary. The original University of Toronto story has been mentioned in book sources outside of the Hacker's Dictionary/Jargon File, but likewise only as a dictionary entry 1 2. This is not significant coverage that indicates the information on the social or historical significance of the term required to justify this term having its own article. Pinguinn 🐧 20:12, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Pinguinn 🐧 20:12, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - It literally breaks my heart to !vote delete on a computer folklore article that's been around since 2004... but this isn't a notable topic; it has no coverage in reliable sources outside of brief definitions. Thparkth (talk) 02:59, 17 September 2022 (UTC)*[reply]
Delete - Wikipedia is not The Jargon File. De Guerre (talk) 10:46, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as lacking secondary sources. Not your siblings' deletionist (talk) 22:20, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above and WP:DICDEF. Bearian (talk) 17:58, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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