Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skoosh

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 01:18, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Skoosh

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Dictionary definition of made-up or obscure word featuring an irrelevant history of Scottish words and some spam-like external links. – voidxor ^{(talk | contrib)} 01:00, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:02, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:02, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment while I tend to agree that Wiktionary would probably be a better place for such content, I cannot help but regret that the proposer has chosen to be rude about a Scottish linguistic topic. The word is most certainly not "made-up", and while folk outwith the country may find our linguistic patterns "obscure" or "irrelevant", we ourselves do not. Obviously. --Mais oui! (talk) 03:26, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I did say "made-up" or "obscure", as I did not know which was the case. I apologize if I seemed rude; that was not my intent. However, I cannot be expected to regard the definition contributed here, which is inconsistent with the few dictionaries that actually define it,^{[see Cnilep's comment below]} as anymore creditable than a self-contributed slang word definition on Urban Dictionary. Moreover, it is a word in need of a dictionary definition—not a topic in need of an encyclopedia article. – voidxor ^{(talk | contrib)} 10:13, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Definitions of Scots words have a place on Wiktionary, but generally speaking not on Wikipedia. I can't recommend transwiki, though, since the definition given here differs from the one in Dictionar o the Scots Leid (which is odd, since it is cited as a source). Cnilep (talk) 03:57, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- The definition in the article also differs from that on Dictionary.com. – voidxor ^{(talk | contrib)} 10:25, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is a (dubious, at best) dictionary definition plus some unrelated padding, and no more. --Michig (talk) 08:58, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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