Talk:Crouchy

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Crouchy

A common nickname for Peter Crouch. --Cova (talk) 15:17, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

We usually keep nicknames and aliases, for example Romulus. It doesn't violate Wiktionary:Votes/pl-2010-12/Names of individuals, or indeed any vote or policy of which I am aware. So it's just a straight vote based on personal preferences, not rules. So I abstain, you guys work it out for yourselves. Mglovesfun (talk) 18:53, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

I deleted [[Foxy]] some time ago because it was uncited (after a long RFV). - -sche (discuss) 20:06, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Not Foxy apparently, that was deleted by Robert Ullmann as a bad redirect to [[foxy]]. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:56, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Oh, hm... ah, it was Fox. - -sche (discuss) 22:10, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Comment I think, though I haven't got the book to hand, that it's also used as a nickname for the character Barty Crouch Sr. (or Barty Crouch Jr.?) in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. If I can find a citation for that, the entry could be expanded to the less controversial "Nickname of the surname Crouch", along the lines of Smithy or Jonesy. Smurrayinchester (talk) 09:45, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Oh, good point/idea. - -sche (discuss) 09:53, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Personal preferences, eh? Delete. Ungoliant MMDCCLXIV 22:57, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

I would at least expect to see some very convincing citations of this. Personal nicknames for specific people are probably beyond our purview, though some are interesting: did you know that the British tabloid press refers to Madonna (the singer) as Madge? Equinox ◑ 01:23, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

As does the American tabloid press, at least sometimes.​—msh210℠ (talk) 21:40, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

• Keep; looks like a single word that is attestable. Pertinent regulation: probably WT:CFI#Names of specific entities. --Dan Polansky (talk) 19:08, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

  Keep the generic nickname sense ("A common nickname for people with the surname, Crouch."); abstain on Peter Crouch sense. --Dan Polansky (talk) 20:51, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

• Redefine Delete "Peter Crouch" sense, in light of added sense indicating use as a common nickname for a person surnamed "Crouch", per Smurrayinchester. Barty Crouch aside, Google Books reveals a CFI-worthy number of instances where a person, real or fictional, is surnamed Crouch and nicknamed Crouchy: [1], [2], [3], [4]. Cheers! bd2412 T 18:53, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
  • I have added a sense for the general nickname usage. bd2412 T 23:17, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
• Delete the more specific sense per BD2412. Smurrayinchester (talk) 20:00, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

I have removed the specific sense and kept the generic sense. - -sche (discuss) 00:01, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

This is done then, right? bd2412 T 15:31, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes. :) - -sche (discuss) 02:32, 30 October 2012 (UTC)