Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grey's Law

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The result was Merge JodyB _talk 20:44, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Grey's Law

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Non-notable neologism (this version of the law found only on one web site). If it sticks around, we can add it later. Phaunt 08:17, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

• Comment. I'd say it actually did stick, with 12,500 GHits. It's not called Grey's law though, but it's variously attributed to Vernon Schryver or Arthur C. Clarke (although it's just a paraphrase of his third law); see the discussion of origins here (Paul Ciszek claims the invention and calls it "Napoleon-Clarke law").
  Back to the question of sourcing, which is a bit difficult to find, and notability (apparently far less than the Hanlon), I'd say merge into Hanlon's Razor#Origins and similar quotations. Duja► 10:09, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 12:08, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, DES ^(talk) 20:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

• Delete nn. JJL 22:12, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
• Merge per above. ZZ 12:33, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
• Merge per above, make into redirect and add it again if it sticks and adequate citations are found. .. dave souza, talk 08:02, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
• Merge per above. Ubernostrum 18:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
• Merge or Keep, add citation history. dml 13:39, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
• Merge per above. Variants would supplement and add to each other Tagasilab 16:56, 10 July 2007 (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.