Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Notposting

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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 of the debate was delete moink 01:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notposting

Article consists of a made-up word and definition. Only 346 google hits [1], most of which seem to be mistypings of "not posting". Fang Aili 15:27, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete. Dicdef at best. But more likely a protologism. -- Krash (Talk) 15:29, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Ryanjunk 15:31, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. I agree with Krash. It appears to be a protologism, and a dictionary definition at best. — TheKMantalk 15:41, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Edgar181 20:13, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Leave Markviii 20:47, 9 March 2006 (UTC) It's a commonly used term among a group of people I work with, and it's amusing how you can quantify it as a 'protologism', which barely outranks it with a paltry 549 hits. Seems to me that word is of the same ilk, yet it's OK for Wiki to allow their own fabricated words, but not anyone else. I guess the old saying is true, "Rules are for everyone...else".
    • Do you mean the Wikipedia slang we sometimes use in debates like this? That is different, because this is the "discussion" section of Wikipedia, as can be seen from the Wikipedia: part in the title. Over at main article space, we do not use slang, neologisms, or made up words. JIP | Talk 21:05, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as non-notable unstable neologism, i.e. protologism / protoneologism. — Adrian Lamo ·· 20:53, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, completely non-notable neologism, and I see very little actual use for it. JIP | Talk 21:05, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete this NeoloCruft. JIP is spot on with his comment, recommend Markviii takes it on board. Deizio 02:13, 10 March 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.