Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Net.kook

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. Wickethewok 14:34, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Net.kook

Non-notable neologism and a dictionary definition. Belongs on urban dictionary. FSRdomo 03:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep It's not a neologism with mention dating at least April 1994 with Usenet net.kook of the month votes ^[1] The topic is just as encyclopedic as Internet Trolls but it does need clean up, substantially. Agne 03:42, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
  • That article quotes the very same FAQ as this article does. (The article originally misquoted the FAQ.) If you want to argue that this concept is worthy of an article, please cite multiple sources that are not simple mirrors of the same single source. Uncle G 10:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
• Abstain for now. I grant that it is not a neologism but in order to be more than a dictdef, the question needs to be answered: what is a "net.kook" besides just a kook on the net? -- Antaeus Feldspar 04:17, 31 July 2006 (UTC) Redirect to alt.usenet.kooks per Uncle G. -- Antaeus Feldspar 12:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I haven't yet found anything apart from the alt.usenet.kooks FAQ document that even defines what a net.kook is. Given that this concept only has verifiable meaning in the context of AUK, a redirect seems to be the most appropriate solution. Uncle G 10:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete dict def. -- Koffieyahoo 04:25, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

1. ^ http://www.nyupress.org/netwars/pages/chapter11/ch11_04.html

• Delete not technically a neologism, but a dicdef of a term used (almost) exclusively in one usenet group. Most of the article is direct cut-and-paste from the AUK FAQ, and I doubt it could ever really be expanded. Possibly some of it could be merged into Crank (person), otherwise delete. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 13:02, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

• redirect per Antaeus --Samael775 15:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
• Merge or plain redirect to either alt.usenet.kooks or even Internet troll. Redirect to AUK is probably better since no one else but them use the term... =) --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 08:32, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete NN Anomo 03:51, 3 August 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.