Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Celebritydom

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 of the debate was delete - Liberatore(T) 17:08, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Celebritydom

"Celebritydom" is a neologism the author "coined" 5 days ago for the concept most of us know as wikt:celebrity. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. The article itself is a vague hodgepodge of original research. I recommend to delete and/or redirect to Celebrity. Melchoir 08:41, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:OR. I woldn't redirect as it seems an unlikely search term. Gwernol 10:21, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete with al possible dispatch, slebritycruft and protologism. Just zis Guy you know? 12:01, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. DarthVader 12:13, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as neologism and original research. Beno1000 13:17, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete neologism, WP:OR M1ss1ontomars2k4 15:35, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete until it gets rather wider use. Tyrenius 20:52, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as it's mostly redundant with celebrity, and the term isn't common enough to warrant a redirect. jgp 01:39, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. TheMadBaron 06:46, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
• Don't Delete because where does it say that he invented the word? i have heard people use it before. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.124.11.13 (talk • contribs) .

Comment FYI, the burden on proof lies with the editors of the article to provide reliable sources that show the subject of the article is notable and not a neologism. If this term is in widespread use it should be easy enough to find such sources. If you do, please add them to the article. Thanks, Gwernol 05:04, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

i am sorry. i haven't used wikipedia before, so i didn't know that it wasn't for invented words. i was going off of colbert's "truthiness," which has its own wiki page. i invented "celebritydom" about a week ago and my friends thought it was cool and told me i should write and article on wikipedia. the person who said they have heard it before probably heard it from a friend of a friend. once again, i am sorry. however, if colbert got "truthiness," why shouldn't i get "celebritydom?" please explain that to me. aokjunebug91

The difference is "Truthiness" was used on a national TV show, quoted in multiple articles in newspapers like the New York Times and selected by the American Dialect Society as the 2005 Word of the Year, making it notable. If "celebritydom" has similar notability, it will of course be included. If it is as notable, please provide verifiable reliable sources. Thanks, Gwernol 04:50, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Your desire to correct your mistake and have the page deleted is appreciated, but please don't blank this discussion. It serves as a record, and blanking it defeats that purpose. I have reposted the comment you made after blanking below. jgp 05:41, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete now. just delete it. sorry. aokjunebug91

I've reposted this since it was added along with a page blank jgp 05:41, 18 May 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.