Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Necrocracy

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The result of the debate was delete. The article is cursed with a block compress error, and will be deleted Real Soon Now. Joyous 02:06, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Necrocracy

Dictdef as it stands, possible neologism? Google returns 215 hits, some of which are nonsensical (i.e. one from a Final Fantasy forum: "In this way, the people of Spira would be able to build a new world without the dogmatic necrocracy of the Maesters of Yevon."; one from a Spelljammer forum: "Most of the inner portion of the torus is occupied by the Necrocracy of Kluembri, a realm of death and decay that is ruled by a council of necromancers.") Katefan0 22:21, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete simple term made by combing a prefix and suffix. I can do that too: Arachnocracy (n) rule by spiders. Not encyclopedic, and not widespread enough for wikitionary. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 23:33, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
• I would say delete. I'm sure there are plenty of pretty cool necrocracies in various Dungeons and Dragons realms, ruled by a 14th level lich and his bodyguard of vampires, but this is unencyclopedic, even if not a neologism. -R. fiend 23:34, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, dicdef at most. Wyss 23:51, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand dicdefs of real fictional things. Final Fantasy X is set in one. Kappa 00:41, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Random prefix/suffix names always make me remember the long-excised list of unpopulated professions. -Sean Curtin 03:48, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Neologism. If necrocracy is so intrinsically linked to FFX, then how they get so few google hits? DaveTheRed 04:38, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • FFX is just one example of a fictional necrocracy... one notable example is enough to make it a real concept. Kappa 11:40, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, Neologism dicdef. I take some objection to the assertion, however, that necrocracy is limited only to FFX; it seems like the most accurate description I've ever seen for electoral processes in Chicago. Teslacoil 06:47, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Wiktionary or delete. Megan1967 07:06, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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