Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Listservosphere

This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was delete --cesarb 2 July 2005 02:16 (UTC)

[edit] Listservosphere

Was tagged as a speedy for not being verifiable, but a link was included. I prefer to call it a neologism as the term was coined by someone who happens to be known by a screen name. Delete - Mgm|^(talk) 20:09, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Zero hits on Google, Yahoo and AllTheWeb. — P Ingerson (talk) 22:28, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. You, Mgm, are too kind sir. The link that you reference was the only link I could find and it had been generated only the day before this article was started. The article also made reference to "...(alternate: listsphere)..." which I couldn't verify. I thought all of this to be suspicious and bit too coincidental and which perhaps caused me to shoot from the hip with the speedy. But I will rely on your understanding of the finer points which distinguish WP:SD from the more lenghthy but also more inclusive WP:VFD. Still learning, hydnjo talk 23:44, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep it is true that Listservosphere is my 1rst Wikipedia entry + that i have just registered + that i intend to contribute in good faith to the Wikipedia project. i did coin the word Listservosphere yesterday aka 2005.06.18. the 1rst occurance of the term Listservosphere was on the -empyre- listserv in the following post: [[1]https://mail.cofa.unsw.edu.au/pipermail/empyre/2005-June/msg00152.html]. so it is a new New Media neologism (therefore no Google results) + so perhaps it is too new for Wikipedia. Listservosphere will have encyclopedic relevance, esp in relation to the term blogosphere b/c as lists predate blogs in New Media + Network cultures, lists should be noted as having pre-existing cultural hystories. btw, jonCates is less of a screen name + more of a name i go by all the time, on screen + off. jonCates
• Comment. Please review this article's talk page and jonCates' contributions before voting. Oh, and I've just re-read WP:AGF. hydnjo talk 00:39, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete in light of the author's above comment saying that it is a neologism. But take note that the term listsphere could, under an alternative meaning, apply to large swathes of a certain online reference source...-Splash 01:55, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep the guide states that coining neologisms is not allowed, but this neologism was coined on june 18, 2005 as is recorded in the -empyre- archives as linked above by the author. therefore it is not being coined here but rather being recorded & explained here. it will be verifiable by context as soon as google catches up with -empyre-'s archives.--Jakeelliott 19:48, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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