Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Merlinese

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 was delete. DS 04:08, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merlinese

Protologism ^{[Check Google hits]}. --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 04:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. This is just rubbish. ---Charles 04:22, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Didn't Prince actually invent this 20+ years ago? Actually, I'm sure it goes back hundreds of years. People used to write "Wm" when they meant William, etc. - Richfife 04:23, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Telegraphese has been around as long as the telegraph has, certainly. ☺ Uncle G 10:53, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Non-notable. Very few mentions in google search.UberCryxic 04:28, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nn. —Khoikhoi 05:08, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with SMS language (which really needs to be cleaned up itself) to be included in a "History" section if proper citation is done. While the term "merlinese" may be nn, its inception is notable. I'm assuming good-faith of the author, from the looks of it they are very new and don't quite know how to go about writing an article. indeed they may not have even been aware of other neologism articles that they could have expanded on or known how to ref. The article has only been here for one day and I believe the OR can be referenced. -Zappernapper 08:32, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • OR is not allowed, referenced or not. Though if it's referenced it probably isn't OR to begin with. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:35, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. WP:NFT. Claims of popularity are hyperbolic suggesting vanity. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:35, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• There's no evidence that something by this name exists. The article cites no sources. For a purported "internet-based style of speaking" (actually, writing), it has exactly zero Internet presence according to Google Web and Google Groups. (There are people who talk of "Merlinese" on Internet. They are talking about their pet parrots, named "Merlin".) This article is original research. Merging it into articles on SMS language or other abbreviated styles of writing (which, as noted above, have a history that long predates the actual existence of Internet) would be to merge original research into those articles, which wouldn't be improving them at all. Delete. Uncle G 10:53, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• I hate it when Uncle G gets here first: Delete per Uncle G (although one of those people was talking to a dog). Yomangani^talk 13:53, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Charles. Danny Lilithborne 00:09, 10 September 2006 (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.