Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WRT

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The result of the debate was - redirected - SimonP 02:51, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

WRT[edit]

This is a dictionary definition, with little opportunity for expansion. Also, in a nice reverse of the usual, it has already been transwikied to Wikitionary (see [1]. Mackensen (talk) 02:12, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and rewrite. Surely there must be something in this wide world called "WRT" that's worth having an article on. Isn't it a book by the Lake Woebegon guy? Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 02:47, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
- You have got to be kidding me. You're now trying to search out possible alternatives to keep a non-notable article? That's ridiculous. If somebody someday comes up with what you're grasping for, it can be recreated, we don't need to strain to keep something that isn't worth keeping. Delete. Rick K 05:37, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
I think that's 'WLT' --Arcadian 03:21, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete dicdef. Gazpacho 09:19, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, or let Starblind make his pick among Wallace, Roberts & Todd, LLC (environmental planning services), WRT web designs, the WRT racing team, or something that does "Planung und Herstellung von Wärmetauschern und Rippenrohren." [2]. R adiant _* 11:33, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
Delete, at least until Wallace, Roberts & Todd hit it big. Eixo 11:53, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Internet_slang#W. The information in WRT already exists there. android↔talk 13:17, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
Delete...dicdef --MikeJ9919 15:45, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Internet slang —Wahoofive (talk) 16:28, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect → Internet slang as per android. —Mar ka ci 2005-05-11 T 17:04 Z
Delete. Dicdef. Redirect doesn't seem necessary, as wrt much older than the internet. Quale 06:49, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
STRONG DO NOT REDIRECT TO INTERNET SLANG, as it is used in mathematics, long before internet slang. I suppose a history of the math term might be encyclopedic. 132.205.15.43 02:59, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't see how an abbreviation for something as simple as with respect to could have a history or be encyclopedic, even if it came out of mathematics. It's not like, say, WLOG, whose specific meaning in math is not easily understood by expanding the acronym. Feel free to prove me wrong. Until a meaningful article on WRT in math or whatever else is created, a redirect to Internet slang serves the reader well by expanding the abbreviation. android↔talk 03:30, May 13, 2005 (UTC)
Delete Everyking 03:00, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
replace with redirect but not to internet slang (no reason) but to List of acronyms and initialisms: W (where specific links to WRT (mathematics) etc. could be created if somebody wants to explain it in detail for a specific usage) — MFH: Talk 08:39, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- I wasn't aware of that article. It probably makes a better redirect target. (As an aside, it looks like there's serious duplication of effort between that list and the slang article.) android↔talk 11:22, May 13, 2005 (UTC)
Redir List of acronyms and initialisms: W or just del; the redir is not necessary, but redirs are cheap. —msh210 18:19, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Redir to List of acronyms and initialisms: W#WR. This is not purely internet slang, as it's been around in other disciplines. I've seen it used in linguistics, for instance. I think this ought to be somewhere in the Wikipedia. Twinxor 01:40, 15 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- I expanded the entry there. Twinxor 01:43, 15 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- One more comment: Are we deleting TLAs now? That would be a major change, as there are hundreds of TLA pages with no real depth. Twinxor 05:48, 15 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - Personally, I'd like to see the TLAs, along with any other acronyms, sent to Wiktionary instead, where they're more appropriate. Tomer ^TALK 18:17, May 16, 2005 (UTC)
Merge and Redirect -> List of acronyms and initialisms: W. This acronym is quite commonly used. Tomer ^TALK 18:17, May 16, 2005 (UTC)
- Comment: If there really is an internet slang "wrt" that means "with regard to", that should be erased and its memory stamped out. English already has a word for this, namely "regarding"...illiteracy and poor speech habits do not a noteworthy encyclopedia entry make. Tomer ^TALK 18:20, May 16, 2005 (UTC)

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