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Well, thanks for biting the newcomer! Don't bite the newcomers!

I would have appreciated being notified of this event, since it is an acronym commonly used in skeptic circles, and not synonymous with the usual meaning of the word "scam". It was the result of long discussions and deliberations, and was carefully formulated to avoid falsely accusing people involved in unscientific practices, who weren't deliberately involved in real, illegal scams.

It isn't a typical definition of a word, but an explanation of an acronym. Right now Wikipedia has a hole in its knowledge base, because this bit of knowledge has been censored.

Mailer Diablo (below) mentions a "debate", but I haven't really seen one, rather I saw the old timers making a decision, but without explaining to me what is appropriate and inappropriate here.

I'd still like to understand this matter, so as not to repeat it in the future.

Fortunately the acronym is listed at SkepticWiki, where it is explained more thoroughly: sCAM -- signed!! Fyslee 21:01, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

The result of the debate was delete. - Mailer Diablo 17:14, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

SCAM This topic is not important enough to have its own article. Perhaps it would be better sent to Wiktionary File Éireann 14:08, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - not only is it a dictdef, it's a POV dictdef. Jamie ^{(talk/contribs)} 14:31, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

• [[2]] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fyslee (talk • contribs).

• Delete, then recreate as redirect to Confidence trick, which is where scam redirects to. Saberwyn - The Zoids Expansion Project 21:31, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per Jamie. It's a dicdef, a neologism, and POV... the not-so-rare AfD hat trick. –Sommers ^(Talk) 21:33, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete r3m0t ^talk 00:07, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

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