Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pantology

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The result of the debate was transwiki to Wiktionary. —Korath (Talk) 22:08, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pantology

Apparently rather more than a theory of everything. But an orphan deadend. A search suggests it may be confused with the science of trousers or pantomimes or even forensics in the JFK assasination [1]. An article which looks incapable of giving any positive examples of something is a useless dictionary definition.--Henrygb 01:38, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, cleanup and expand. Megan1967 02:13, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, as long as it can be cleaned up and expanded as soon as possible. Zzyzx11 04:28, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Isn't Wikipedia a pantology? Isn't a Grand Unified Theory a pantology? Anyway I think this should probably be a dictionary definition. — RJH 18:13, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• No vote, but kudos to Henrygb for coming up with "the science of trousers". Meelar (talk) 20:05, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)
• Well, it's not in my dictionary (Webster's New American) so I'm guessing that it's either a neologism or jargon specific to philosophy. The current version is a mere definition. I don't see any way to expand it. [m:Transwiki|]]. (I'll change my vote if someone substantially expands it before the discussion period ends.) Rossami (talk) 07:38, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Its apparently listed in the 1913 Websters Revised Unabridged Dictionary, so I doubt it's a neologism. I also see several uses of the word in reference to authoritative works on particular fields. E.g. forensic pantology. The word is also apparently used in reference to a clothing line. :D — RJH 18:20, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Concur with Rossami, Transwiki. Radiant! 10:26, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. A sentence from the article says it all: "Pantology is difficult to more clearly define because it is a little addressed subject and so expansive that it seems beyond the stretch of current human development of knowledge." Therefore, can't be expanded and not encyclopedic. —Brim 17:10, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Not even a dicdef.--Audiovideo 23:57, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Several different online dictionaries found it, Transwiki to Wiktionary. DaveTheRed 00:55, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. The Recycling Troll 09:56, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Transwiki to Wiktionary. I too initially thought it meant "study of trousers", but I found it's a real word that really does mean "work of universal information" ([2]). -- Brhaspati (talk, contribs) 05:12, 2005 Mar 2 (UTC)

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