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The result was '''keep'''. <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]'''  <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 17:21, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
===[[Yellow cab]]===
:{{la|Yellow cab (stereotype)}} – <includeonly>([[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yellow cab|View AfD]])</includeonly><noinclude>([[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2007 May 15#{{anchorencode:Yellow cab}}|View log]])</noinclude>
This article purports to be about a racial slur supposedly in common use in the United States.  Unfortunately, it is devoid of references, the tone is POV, it looks like OR, and I've never heard of this term nor heard it used.  I would hardly represent myself as being an expert on racial slurs, but if this is so common, why are there no sources?  It reads like something that was just made up, and it seems downright silly.  A representative quote: "term was coined by white American males who feel euphoria over their claimed popularity over Asian females."  What? [[User:Theoldanarchist|Cathal]] 16:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following related term, again without sources, and also sounds like OR.  This one was speedied last night, and recreated today, with hangon tag attached.:
:{{la|Easy Japanesey}}

*'''Redirect''' Yellow cab to [[Yellow Cab]].  '''Delete''' Easy Japanesey.  Now if had been Easy-peasey-Japanesey, that would be a different story.  I agree that they're entirely OR and POV, and possibly made up.[[User:Chunky Rice|Chunky Rice]] 16:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
:* and '''Keep''' [[Yellow cab (stereotype)]]. Great job on the rewrite.[[User:Chunky Rice|Chunky Rice]] 13:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Delete both''' as unsourced. After deletion, [[Yellow cab]] should redirect to [[Yellow Cab]] as well. [[User:CIreland|CIreland]] 16:51, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Delete both''' per [[User:CIreland|CIreland]].  I don't think we need to be a repository for poorly sourced ethnic slurs of limited use.  They'll just become poorly sourced ethnic slurs of widespread use, which isn't the goal of an encyclopedia.  --[[User:Elkman|Elkman]] <sup>[[User talk:Elkman|(Elkspeak)]]</sup> 17:07, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
*<s>Neither of the articles cite any sources, and, searching, I can find no sources to support any such notion as described in either article. The articles are [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|unverifiable]]. '''Delete'''.</s> [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] 17:41, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
**Excellent work.  I've checked out a couple of the sources cited in the rewrite at random.  They document this concept in some depth.  Applause to [[User:CaliforniaAliBaba|CaliforniaAliBaba]] for continuing the long and honourable tradition of rewrites from sources at AFD, and thanks for finding sources that I did not.  '''Keep'''. [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] 13:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
*<s>'''Delete both''' as violating [[WP:V]]. Based on the comments at [[Talk:Easy Japanesey]], this appears to be an attempt at astroturfing the terms.</s> --<span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;">[[User:Kinu|<strong style="color:blue;">Kinu</strong>]] [[User_talk:Kinu|<sup style="color:red;">''t''</sup>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Kinu|<sub style="color:red;">''c''</sub>]]</span> 20:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
**'''Keep''' [[Yellow cab (stereotype)]], an excellent [[WP:HEY]]-style cleanup. [[Easy Japanesey]] needs/needed to go, though as unverifiable. --<span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;">[[User:Kinu|<strong style="color:blue;">Kinu</strong>]] [[User_talk:Kinu|<sup style="color:red;">''t''</sup>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Kinu|<sub style="color:red;">''c''</sub>]]</span> 06:01, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
* '''Redirect''' Yellow cab as per Chunky Rice, '''Delete''' Easy Japanesey, also as per Chunky Rice. [[User:Horologium|Horologium]] <small>[[User talk:Horologium|talk]] - [[Special:contributions/Horologium|contrib]]</small> 21:11, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
* '''Keep and move''' current Yellow cab ''article'' to [[Yellow cab (stereotype)]] and redirect [[Yellow cab]] to [[Yellow Cab]]. It's a notable stereotype which precedes Urban Dictionary by about a decade; I have rewritten and sourced the article. Not sure about [[Easy Japanesey]]; maybe redirect to [[Exodus (Utada Hikaru album)]] (one of the songs on the album uses that phrase, I think, which is probably how it got popularized)? No objection to deletion for that one either. [[User:CaliforniaAliBaba|cab]] 00:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
**'''Comment'''. Given the great improvements made in the article, I agree with [[User:CaliforniaAliBaba|cab]]'s suggestion of a move to [[Yellow cab (stereotype)]].  If there is no objection here, or other, alternative, suggestions, I will do so some time later tonight. ---[[User:Theoldanarchist|Cathal]] 01:09, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
***'''Comment''' I have redirected [[Yellow cab]] to [[Yellow Cab]] per the <s>unanimous agreement</s> ''suggestion by several users'' above, after [[WP:BOLD|boldly]] moving the article to [[Yellow cab (stereotype)]]. The "taxicab" meaning is pretty clearly the primary usage; even the research I did for the stereotype article supports that (the telephone survey of 200 New Yorkers who had never heard of the term being used for anything but actual taxicabs). Please direct your comments to the matter of whether or not the [[Yellow cab (stereotype)]] article should be kept. Cheers, [[User:CaliforniaAliBaba|cab]] 03:45, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
* '''Comment''' [[Easy Japanesey]] has been speedily deleted by {{admin|John Reaves}}. [[User:CaliforniaAliBaba|cab]] 03:19, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' [[Yellow cab (stereotype)]]. Excellent [[WP:HEY]] by CaliforniaAliBaba aka cab. [http://www.mssv.net/wiki.cgi?Eponysterical Eponysterical]! --[[User:Dhartung|Dhartung]] | [[User talk:Dhartung|Talk]] 09:11, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Comment''' Which article or articles is this AFD about? [[User:Fg2|Fg2]] 11:40, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
** '''Comment''' It's about [[Easy Japanesey]] (which got speedied after the AfD began) and [[Yellow cab (stereotype)]], which was at [[Yellow cab]] when the AfD began and looked [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow_cab_%28stereotype%29&oldid=130968787 like this]. [[User:CaliforniaAliBaba|cab]] 22:34, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' [[Yellow cab (stereotype)]]. Per above[[User:MightyAtom|MightyAtom]] 13:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Comment''' - There's a fairly well-known Japanese talent agency for [[Gravure idol]]s named Yellow Cab [[:ja:イエローキャブ (芸能プロダクション)]].  I've always wondered where they came up with the name. . . [[User:Neier|Neier]] 13:11, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' [[Yellow cab (stereotype)]]. Phrase is defined on Japanese Wikipedia [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%96] <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:216.209.139.149|216.209.139.149]] ([[User talk:216.209.139.149|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/216.209.139.149|contribs]]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
*'''Keep''' [[Yellow cab (stereotype)]].  It's a great article now [[User:Amake|Amake]] 12:53, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
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