Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Friendonomics

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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 in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Delete --JForget 00:14, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Friendonomics

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Apparent neologism, no evidence of notability. Purpose of article may merely to astroturf game/website of same name. --Kinu t/c 03:36, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete per Wikipedia:Avoid neologisms#Reliable sources for neologisms. Also, NN. There is some evidence that the term is in use within marketing circles, however I cannot find any secondary sources documenting its use and the coinage (ca. 2007) seems too recent to have achieved any particular penetration. The game website is still in beta and even searching the Forrester Research website returns no hits. Debate (talk) 08:03, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete pathetic attempt by the author to coatrock his way into a spam article. JuJube (talk) 08:53, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete - no secondary sources; only one "real" ref - the second merely quotes the first - plus the "board game" issue. I agree with some of the previous editors here that this appears a bit spammish. Not notable; therefore delete.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Merenta (talk • contribs)
  • Delete nothing in News or Scholar to indicate a term in general use, it's a neologism and not a particularly notable one at that. TravellingCarithe Busy Bee 22:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete Not noteworthy. Artene50 (talk) 07:30, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete-onomics 101. Coccyx Bloccyx (talk) 17:32, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 00:04, 22 May 2008 (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.