Talk:Peter Pan

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Peter Pan

I've never heard this used generically. b.g.c. shows zero independent mentions. (Move to RFD?) --Connel MacKenzie 04:58, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

These are suggestive: [1],[2], [3]. It's hard to say where allusion ends and genericity begins, but there are quite a few uses like this out there. -- Visviva 14:34, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

See entry for a cite from Huxley's Island. Well-known work? DCDuring 15:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Cliff Richard is frequently called the "Peter Pan of pop" because of his youthful looks, so this is an example of a transferred sense, albeit a different one from the one given. I would define it here as "a person of advanced years who remains youthful in spite of their age" or something like that — Paul G 18:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

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"The novel by J. M. Barrie.", "The eponymous protagonist of the novel". The attributive use is given as the third sense, so no need for these. --Yair rand 00:23, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't think you need an RFD for a sense. Edit the entry. - [The]DaveRoss 00:32, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Individual senses don't need an RFD? Then why in the world do we have {{rfd-sense}}? --Yair rand 00:45, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

As with the entirety of RFD, it is for debatable deletions. These aren't debatable, they are clearly outside the CFI: With respect to names of persons or places from fictional universes, they shall not be included unless they are used out of context in an attributive sense.. - [The]DaveRoss 00:53, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Delete. We've already got the "dictionary sense", which is a man who hasn't grown up. We aren't here to document literature. Equinox ◑ 00:58, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

deleted. - [The]DaveRoss 01:08, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Tinkerbell

"A fairy, a companion of Peter Pan, who depends on the faith of others to live." Again, attributive use is given in a different sense, so no need for this. --Yair rand 00:25, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Delete per Peter Pan above: we have the sense that isn't the specific character, and she can be mentioned in the etymology. Equinox ◑ 00:59, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

deleted. - [The]DaveRoss 01:08, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Uncle Scrooge

One more. --Yair rand 00:47, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

deleted. - [The]DaveRoss 01:08, 25 February 2010 (UTC)