Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Propheteering

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep. Johnleemk | Talk 16:33, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Propheteering

Similar to Power-laundering. Neologism Woohookitty^{(cat scratches)} 20:30, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep Good word - google hits - clear meaning - good neologism. Benjamin Gatti 23:12, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Comment Actually, generally, neologisms are not really allowed on WP, because they are...neologisms. They tend to be flash in the pan. --Woohookitty^{(cat scratches)} 09:34, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, neologism not in wide use (376 Google hits, not all unique); no clear meaning; article is nonsense. MCB 22:57, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. -- JJay 21:57, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

• Changing to Keep based on the evidence uncovered by Zordrac. He deserves accolades for helping to prevent a possibly cataclysmic loss of information. -- JJay 19:21, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep and expand a heap. This has been speculated a lot in a number of novels. It is embodied in the very history of the church and is of massive historical importance. People who use the church as a scam to make money for themselves. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 06:51, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

The concept is important, yes, but there is no evidence that this word has ever been widely used to describe the phenomenon. MCB 07:38, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

What do you mean no evidence? I see 433 hits, including these gems here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and there's more where they come from. You should note that most psychics are considered to be propheteers, since they ask you for money in return for your fortune. The phrase, which is a combination of "prophet" and "profiteering" is a way of describing a false prophet who makes money out of it. Sometimes it is used to refer to people who are real prophets but make money out of it anyway. For example, someone who can read tarot cards might well be real, but they are still making money out of it when they perhaps shouldn't be. This is actually a HUGE debate in the pagan community as to whether or not people should charge for their "gift". Propheteering is, obviously, a derogatory term. The term is usually used to refer to Christians, but the meaning is used to refer to pagans a lot more than christians, and indeed Christians use the meaning of it as a derogatory way to be dismissive of pagans generally. There was a movie which went in to this concept quite well, and used the word "propheteering". The movie, now, I have to remember it. It had Sean Connery in it and was about a dragon. Ah yes, Dragonheart. That movie was basically 90% about propheteering, and it used that word too. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 18:58, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.