Talk:Getting lost

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It does seem like there might be potential here to have a proper encyclopedia article on this topic, but it's only potential. As it is right now, it's a dictionary entry with a mild tone problem (not written in a completely neutral tone). I think more encyclopedic info should be added before submitting this as an article. — Jeraphine Gryphon ^(talk) 10:50, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Holding this quote for now

"Sometimes children get lost when well-meaning people put them ahead of lines in transport, or when a parent doesn't have proper documents and they are sent somewhere without them".

The quote (and the work in general) pertains to children getting lost during traumatic upheavals such as a war or natural disaster. Cheers! bd2412 T 21:05, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

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Request for deletion

Seems like this article shouldn't exist (though admittedly I had a good chuckle reading it), I can't be bothered to learn how to properly submit a request for deletion but someone probably should. JamieRagins (talk) 06:54, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

No reason has been articulated as to why this article would not pass criteria for inclusion in this project. BD2412 T 12:01, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

Hard to zero in on anything specific, but a lot of things on WP:NOT seem more or less applicable. JamieRagins (talk) 19:33, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

A lot of things on WP:NOT? Okay then, why don't you just go ahead and name three. BD2412 T 22:56, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

WP:Wikipedia is not a dictionary, WP:INDISCRIMINATE, WP:NOTTEXTBOOK. Would seem to be against the spirit of these types of policies if not the letter. JamieRagins (talk) 23:20, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

The relevant Wiktionary definitions for "get lost" (to which "getting lost" points on that project) are:

Verb

get lost (third-person singular simple present gets lost, present participle getting lost, simple past got lost, past participle (UK) got lost or (US) gotten lost)

(intransitive) To lose one's way.

Don't you have a map? How did we get lost?

I got lost in his reasoning.

(intransitive, of an object) To go missing; to be in a location unknown to someone who is looking for it.

My keys got lost while I was out today.

(intransitive) To be absent, to seem to be absent.

The violins get lost with the rest of the music.

(intransitive, usually in imperative and reported speech, idiomatic) To exit from the scene.

I don't want to have to tell you again: Get lost!

They had a row and Fred told Jack to get lost.

Jack did a good job of getting lost: nobody saw him for 4 years.

The content of this article does not look like any of these dictionary definitions. Can you explain how exactly it looks like an indiscriminate collection of information? Or how it looks like a textbook instructing people how to do something? BD2412 T 23:49, 13 August 2026 (UTC)