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Euphemism

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Hello, please refrain from making mass edits to implement your preferred words. "Gaming" is not a euphemism for gambling, it is a long-established and widely-used definition of the word, dating back to before the word "gambling" was even coined. Toohool (talk) 16:14, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Toohool. Please read gambling. In the instances where I have changed "gaming" to "gambling", it was being used euphemistically. There were even several instances of [[gambling|gaming]] in infoboxes, and that is clearly inappropriate. We also need to consider our global audience - outside the US, gambling is almost always called gambling. Edwardx (talk) 16:28, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This is incorrect. The use of "gaming" with this definition is not "inappropriate" or euphemistic or US-centric, it is a common usage of the word dating back centuries, throughout the English-speaking world. Please do not edit war to impose your opinions about language usage en masse. Toohool (talk) 17:21, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Honest Burgers for deletion

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Nomination of The Turbans (music group) for deletion

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