Talk:Duk-Duk

RFV
"A tribal language widespread in the Bismarck Archipelago." Equinox ◑ 19:06, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * RFV failed. Equinox ◑ 00:58, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

RFV discussion: July–September 2016
Rfv-sense:
 * 1) A god revered in the Bismarck Archipelago region of Papua New Guinea, especially in New Britain.
 * I'll pray to Duk-Duk for help.

The Duk-Duk wasn't a god, but a supernatural being impersonated by members of a secret society, also called Duk-Duk. One of them would dress up in a large costume that hid pretty much all of the body and head and go around making demands and committing acts of retribution. This being was feared and obeyed, but not worshiped or prayed to. The creator of this entry obviously took information from a real source and used it to make up things up that were just plausible enough to avoid deletion. The other current sense was originally sillier, but has been cleaned up somewhat by others- the tone is still rather un-dictionary-like. There was also a language-name sense added at the same time that has already failed rfv Chuck Entz (talk) 04:31, 9 July 2016 (UTC)


 * RFV failed. —Mr. Granger (talk • contribs) 19:48, 12 September 2016 (UTC)