The result of the debate was keep [added by Andre🚐 23:08, 15 August 2022 (UTC) for afdstats][reply]
Not-even-slang term. Reads like a copyvio, but I can't find it. Who's Tristan? RickK 23:57, Aug 10, 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. It's very commonly used online. By me, anyway. [[Voporak 16:34, 24 February 2006 (UTC)]][reply]
- Object. The word is important part of Internet culture. Plus it gets 326,000 Google hits. [1] Neutrality 00:02, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. I've NPOV'ed it and removed the odd Tristan reference. This is a definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite, definite keep. blankfaze | (беседа!) 00:10, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. I suppose it'd be a dicdef, but it doesn't actually seem to mean anything :) It's a fairly common piece of leet, and (to my shame) I know at least one person who says it aloud (in company, even). It's surely not a copyvio - it's 18 months old, and has been built incrementally by numerous users. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:12, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Have caught myself saying this word ;-). --Ianb 00:30, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. It's a staple of Internet culture. Andre 08:41, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. The article itself should be wikified, but such a topic belongs on WP. Aecis 14:28, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- It's already listed in Leet and Internet slang. Does it really need its own article? Neutral. -- Stevietheman 14:57, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- The listing on those pages are just that - lists. Several of the other words on those pages have their own articles. The page seems exactly like a less sure version of suxxor. It could possibly be improved, but it's valuable as it is. Yelyos 15:49, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
- Naaah. Just because there are other bad examples doesn't mean they should be applied to the article in question. I vote to redirect to Leet. -- Stevietheman 16:42, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Redirect to leet where, as Stevietheman says, it's already listed. The speculations about the origins of the word are just that - speculations. They do not add any verifiable facts beyond what is already listed in leet. Rossami 15:37, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Remove or Redirect to leet as stated. "It was first seen in 1994" LOL? violet/riga 15:42, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Addition: The article is all speculation and without any firm facts it has no place in a -pedia. violet/riga 16:30, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep — I enjoyed reading that article. It is a very informative and useful article to have, and it distinguishes us from traditional old-fashioned antiquated paper encyclopedias. — Timwi 15:43, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. It's widespread enough on its own as a term that it deserves an separate article. Yelyos 15:49, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
- Keep or redirect. It deserves its own entry. Pahalial 17:04, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. It's listed on leet, but any slang term with a complex etymology and/or near-ubiquitous usage deserves its own article (compare pwn). • Benc • 08:36, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- "The definite origin of the term w00t is unknown" doesn't say "complex etymology" to me. violet/riga 08:51, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Um? I count five different plausible theories in the article. "Unknown" does not mean "simple". Yes, it's speculative information. But it's still potentially useful information about a frequently-used term, and therefore has a place in the Wikipedia. • Benc • 10:35, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Theories yes but there isn't anything factual there - I know of at least one other claim to be the true etymology. Though I understand and agree that it has a place being mentioned in a -pedia I don't see how such pure speculation as to it's origins can be included. violet/riga 10:47, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep In case others have not noticed, w00t has now moved beyond internet-only usage and into the mainstream. The Steve 08:55, Aug 12, 2004 (UTC)
- No, actually I have not noticed that. Please provide evidence so that I can consider revising my vote. Rossami
- Only anecdotal I'm afraid. I've caught several non-computer-savvy people using it. I'm willing to admit that I could be wrong... The Steve 11:17, Aug 13, 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. It's definately in widespread usage. Plenty of etymologies are highly speculative. --Nickco3 12:32, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Mike H 21:11, Aug 12, 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. I see no harm in leaving this here. Also, it IS a very commonly used word on several internet communities, so if someone is confused they may easily find the meaning here if kept. AaAA
- Keep. It's a different enough concept from the rest of Leet that it deserves its own article, like pwn. Ilya 01:45, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Redirect to Leet and absorb any valuable content into that article. W00t is certainly one of the most frequently seen words in leet slang, but I don't know why that fact alone should merit a separate article. There's nothing so complex or nuanced about its usage or etymology that it can't be reduced to a paragraph in the article on Leet. —Triskaideka 00:49, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Although I detest the word, I hear it all the time. Historie Pete 18:38, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- KEEP - Just like pwn and this word needs to have its own page. If there is a problem with the article itself it can be edited. --Windfinder 15:49, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Very common word on the Internt, and the article is extremely useful in explaining it to people who encounter it without knowing what it means. --Goobergunch 19:35, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep -- Jrc 18:57, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep I wrote the comment on the rap origins since I had heard it used as w00t in that context (online gaming, but with references to rap culture) before I had seen it used in geek-admin-speak, and which apparently came later. The word was used fairly separately from the rest of l33t because of that origin as well. You'd usually see things like "w00t there it is", and you know, it wasn't just lamer teenage "i pwned you" speak. It could be a cultural-sexual reference encoding hyper-sexual emotional responses to embarassingly rare social contact in anonymous internet chat rooms. So then, that's a pretty interesting origin. At least relative to the general topic of l33t speak origins, which as a whole is just an amusement. If you delete this entry, I pledge to start a subversive revolutionary movement called "Save the w00t!", and bring crushing masses of l33t gamers to bear, the only true protectors of internet culture. Or at least I'll make T-Shirts about it and try to get some friends to wear them. -- Pablo Mayrgundter 18:57, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- On Google "W00t" gives 333,000 results (more that l33t at 205,000). I'll change my vote to keep but I think the article needs some work. violet/riga 19:41, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep - I'll agree that the article needs some work; w00t is more than an example of l33t. Possibly, though, it would make sense to redirect to l33t and put the etymology in wiktionary. 66.222.36.122 00:24, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep - It is a well known, well used word among geek and online gaming circles. If it was a word that has only recently entered usage I would deem the deletion acceptable, but it has wide enough scope for its own page. 62.255.32.9 10:22, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Delete - I hate wikipedia. It shall all die, one vote for deletion at a time. 66.109.201.10 03:34, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]