Wikipedia:Articles requested for more than two years

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The following articles have been requested, but not created, before January 16, 2005

They may be here because they are valid article topics but nobody has had the time and skill to write them. Or they may be here because they are not good article titles. In the latter case, consider making an appropriate redirect or removing the entry from this page and the main requested articles page. Thank you very much!

How you can help create articles:

If you don't know anything about the subject, do a Google, Google Scholar or other web search, or look it up in a book!
Search Wikipedia to make sure an article on the subject doesn't already exist. If it does, make a redirect to it from the requested title.
Click on a red link, and start writing the article. At a minimum, we need a definition of the subject, so other people know what the article is supposed to be about and can then add more. If you can write a paragraph or more, that would be even better. Be sure to cite your sources, even if you don't have time to add formal formatting. To add a stub category, see Category:Stub categories.
Once the article has been created, its link here will turn blue (unless you are looking at a cached version of this page.) You can either remove it from the list yourself, or wait for it to be removed automatically by a bot within 24 hours.
Encourage others to help by putting the following in your edit summary when you create the article:

Very-long-standing article request fulfilled. [[WP:AR2|You can help!]]

Some requests cannot be filled because:

The title is not NPOV
The article will never be longer than a dictionary definition
The subject is not encyclopedic

If you find a request that cannot be filled, feel free to just remove it from this page. You might also create an entry on Wiktionary, if appropriate. Such decisions can be subjective. If you are unsure, you can always ask for a second opinion on the talk page or elsewhere.