Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gold-plated water cooler effect

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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 00:12, Jan 14, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gold-plated water cooler effect

This is either a neologism or a hoax - I can't find any mention of it. "Water cooler effect" is a term used occasionally in economics, apparently, but it refers to something different. Cdc 17:13, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Delete The water-cooler effect refers to the more honest (and, by extension, supposedly productive and better) discussion that occurs among employees in informal settings. For example, employees would never bad-mouth customers or products at a formal meeting with the bosses present and the minutes being recorded, but they might do so among themselves at the water cooler. This, on the other hand, is a quite different neologism, and the definition given doesn't even really seem to make sense. Starblind 17:48, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete unless good sources cited prior to expiration of VfD period. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:30, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. A grand total of zero Google hits. — Asbestos | Talk 21:50, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as vanity neologism, original research. Wyss 02:49, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. I don't even understand what the author is attempting to explain. Thryduulf 23:36, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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