Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aeolipilanthropy

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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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. --Phroziac(talk) 00:26, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Aeolipilanthropy

This is a neologism and possibly nonsense as well. The only Google hit for Aeolipilanthropy is a Wikipedia mirror site. Thryduulf 12:49, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete - Someone's trying to do a parody of werewolves and relate it to railfanning. I had considered listing this one myself as patent nonsense, but didn't have time to go through the motions yet. slambo 13:55, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Hoax. Quale 04:31, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep it. The term may be unknown in the USA, but it is in use by wives and girlfriends of trainspotters and railway enthusiasts in the UK. This is my first post on Wiki, and I don't have a user name, sorry.
    • —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.109.107 (talk • contribs) Thryduulf 23:22, 1 October 2005 (UTC) (only edit from that IP).
  • Keep it. As a railfanatic in the UK I use this term regularly as do many of my acquintances, this is no hoax.
    • —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.101.64.221 (talk • contribs) Thryduulf 23:22, 1 October 2005 (UTC) (only edit from that IP).
  • Keep it. There's an Otherkin connection. Perhaps it would be better merged into an article on Mechanthropy or even Railway Folklore?
    • —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coppertop Darkwhistle (talk • contribs) Thryduulf 21:12, 2 October 2005 (UTC) (This user's third edit - 1st requesting an article on Aeolipilanthropy [1], the 2nd editing the Aeolipilanthropy article [2]). Thryduulf 21:12, 2 October 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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.