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Marijuana (word)

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Content is suitable for a dictionary entry, but not for an encyclopedia article Urszag (talk) 10:48, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:00, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organisms-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:01, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no reason this info shouldn't be in Cannabis (drug) under alternate terms; there's just not enough substance for the etymology to support its own article like cannabis —Мандичка^YO 😜 11:14, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Cannabis (drug), no reason the etymology of alternate terms can't be included in that article. Winner 42 Talk to me! 15:18, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Merge merge to Cannabis, no reason this should stand on its own when its a small part that can be added to Cannabis page. Ozzyland 15:34, 19 May 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ozzyland (talk • contribs)
Merge as above: per WP:NOTDICT, a Wikipedia article is about "a person, or a people, a concept, a place, an event, a thing" not about a word. Alternative names of the drug extracted from Cannabis sativa belong in the article cannabis (drug). Colapeninsula (talk) 17:29, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Cannabis (drug), which will enhance it. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:13, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep no merge The article needs work but it is a good enough start and the concept is notable. Perhaps it could be renamed to "Marijuana (etymology)", or perhaps "Names for cannabis" or "Etymology of terms for cannabis". Here are some additional sources addressing the notability of the discussion of the term itself.

Serrano, Alfonso (December 14, 2013). "Weed all about it: The origins of the word 'marijuana'". america.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
Thompson, Matt (5 March 2014). "The etymology of marijuana and the rise of weed as the preferred slang term for Cannabis sativa". slate.com. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
Yagoda, Ben (22 July 2013). "The Mysterious History Of 'Marijuana'". npr.org. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

The reason why I oppose a merge is because there is a lot of content here and if it is added to the cannabis article, then it will be judged as WP:UNDUE and deleted. A suggestion to WP:MERGE should be with intent to actually incorporate the content, not to trim it to a note and delete the rest. There are a lot of sources here, and the term "marijuana" itself disregarding all other terms for the same drug has a history which has been examined. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:19, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 *'''Merge''' as above: per [[WP:NOTDICT]], a Wikipedia article is about "a person, or a people, a concept, a place, an event, a thing" not about a word. Alternative names of the drug extracted from Cannabis sativa belong in the article [[cannabis (drug)]]. [[User:Colapeninsula|Colapeninsula]] ([[User talk:Colapeninsula|talk]]) 17:29, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
 *'''Merge''' to [[Cannabis (drug)]], which will enhance it. <span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[User:Northamerica1000|North America]]<sup>[[User talk:Northamerica1000|<font size="-2">1000</font>]]</sup></span> 01:13, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
+*'''Keep no merge''' The article needs work but it is a good enough start and the concept is notable. Perhaps it could be renamed to "Marijuana (etymology)", or perhaps "Names for cannabis" or "Etymology of terms for cannabis". Here are some additional sources addressing the notability of the discussion of the term itself.
+:*{{cite web |url= http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/14/weed-all-about-ittheoriginsofthewordamarijuanaaintheus.html |title=Weed all about it: The origins of the word ‘marijuana’  |first=Alfonso |last=Serrano |work=america.aljazeera.com |date=December 14, 2013 |accessdate=22 May 2015}}
+:*{{cite web |url= http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/03/05/the_etymology_of_marijuana_and_the_rise_of_weed_as_the_preferred_slang_term.html |title=The etymology of marijuana and the rise of weed as the preferred slang term for Cannabis sativa. |first=Matt |last=Thompson |work=slate.com |date=5 March 2014 |accessdate=22 May 2015}}
+:*{{cite web |url= http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/07/14/201981025/the-mysterious-history-of-marijuana |title=The Mysterious History Of 'Marijuana' |first=Ben |last=Yagoda |work=npr.org |date=22 July 2013 |accessdate=22 May 2015}}
+:The reason why I oppose a merge is because there is a lot of content here and if it is added to the cannabis article, then it will be judged as [[WP:UNDUE]] and deleted. A suggestion to [[WP:MERGE]] should be with intent to actually incorporate the content, not to trim it to a note and delete the rest. There are a lot of sources here, and the term "marijuana" itself disregarding all other terms for the same drug has a history which has been examined. [[User:Bluerasberry|<span style="background:#cedff2;color:#11e">''' Blue Rasberry '''</span>]][[User talk:Bluerasberry|<span style="background:#cedff2;color:#11e">(talk)</span>]] 14:19, 22 May 2015 (UTC)