Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Creeping normalcy
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The result of the debate was - kept - SimonP 02:28, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Creeping normalcy
Dict def. Sort of. --W(t) 06:22, 2005 May 29 (UTC)
- Keep and cleanup/wikify. Notable term -CunningLinguist 06:53, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
- Keep. --Sn0wflake 07:48, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
- Keep, notable concept/strategy. Kappa 11:14, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
- Keep. I was sceptical, but google quickly shows that this is a significant usage. It appears that Jared Diamond uses the term in his book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. (Someone would have to verify this as I don't have the book.) This alone would probably make it encyclopedic and the ref should be added to the article if it exists. Quale 16:54, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
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