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According to the
guideline, if it has a decent amount of google hits, there is realistic evidence of usage. Further, there are far more google hits for the original-language version of the term.
Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr.14:30, 14 March 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong keep, perkele! This expression is very notable in both Finland and Sweden. There's more to Wikipedia than the USA, you know.
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Talk14:22, 14 March 2006 (UTC)reply
Yes, a good point - to delete this would be an affront to Scandinavian wikipedians. It would be offensive, and would discourage people from contributing articles about Scandinavian cultures. Why not just delete the
Finland page while we're at it?
Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr.14:26, 14 March 2006 (UTC)reply
And another good point is that it is English Wikipedia. The expression has no prominence in English usage. We cannot cover all possible idioms in all lagnuages of the world.
mikka(t)20:09, 14 March 2006 (UTC)reply
Keep Appears to be a term of some usage... at least nobody is trying to assert it is becoming an English language loanword... Out of curiousity, in Sweden, is it actually expressed as "Management by perkele" or is there a phrase is Swedish that is more commonly used?--
Isotope2318:56, 14 March 2006 (UTC)reply
As the phrase originated as a Swedish insult of Finnish leadership, I would think the Swedish actually call it "Management by perkele". However they probably mispronounce it as "Management by pärkkele".
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Talk20:28, 14 March 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong Keep Notable term. Used in US in certain software engineering circles as illustration of what not to do to succeed.
dryguy00:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)reply
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