Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kynoid

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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. W.marsh 21:27, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kynoid

Kynoid (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

This neologism, referring to sentient dog-like creatures, has only 249 Google hits, most of which are wiki mirrors or forums, and does not appear to be in widespread use. It's unverifiable, non-notable, and probably original research. Nydas 10:21, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

  • The article refers to an aspect featured in the Noon Universe series of novels, most of which were not translated into English. Those that were have long since gone out of print, and thus hard to track down. The authors of this article had no recourse but to rely on the original Russian texts in order to create this article. The existance of the said texts can be verified through Arkady Strugasky's official homepage. As for claims of being non-notable, it may not be not notable in English-speaking countries, but in Russia, the work of Strugasky brothers remains fairly popular, which, in my eyes, is enough to warrent an inclusion. --Strannik 20:13, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - WP:NEO fancruft, with a tedious and uninformative list to boot. Pete Fenelon 02:04, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
    • May I notice that per definition "Neologism is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created"? "27 years ago" hardly qualifies as "recently" IMHO. :) --Koveras ☭ 10:23, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
    • And second thought, after looking at the article again, I am sorely tempted to change my mind. The article is kind of iffy when it comes that parts that don't have to do with Headies. And since there already is a Headies article, well... --Strannik 07:54, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep -- but the question remains, how to call a god-shaped sentinent race? Werewolf is a more particular case. If you suggest a better word, let's move the article there. ellol 12:13, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete this fancruft. WMMartin 17:20, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 10:07, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Everything verifiable is already in Headies; the rest of the article is probably OR. Searching google, there does seem to be some evidence of use of the term outside of the Noon Universe works, although a lot of confusion seems to have been caused by an unrelated use of the same name for a Doctor Who alien race. But there's nothing that I'd class as verifiable, or even important. JulesH 11:53, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep per Ellol. It's clearly verifiable by google [1]. Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 22:09, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment Which site from that listing are you saying classifies as a reliable source to verify the article? JulesH 17:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per JulesH. ← ANAS Talk? 16:13, 6 December 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.