Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Portugalicia

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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. Elkman (Elkspeak) 01:29, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Portugalicia

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Virtually unknown neologism, might in fact be an attempt to coin it. Or a hoax. A Google search retrieves inconclusive or unrelated results. As a citizen of Portugal who used to live close to the Galician border, I've never heard of this so-called Portugalicia. Likewise, the flag is a most unfamiliar creation. A rather amusing one as a matter of fact. Húsönd 22:06, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. I also noticed that the flag is "self-made" and appears to be a recolouring and slight modification of the Portugese flag in Paint. NASCAR Fan24(radio me!) 22:24, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete unless reliable sources can be found. JJL 23:02, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Jonathan t - c 23:05, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - per nom. Likely a WP:HOAX. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 01:06, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, hoax. Per above. • Lawrence Cohen 13:28, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - The word is used in its Portuguese / Galician form "Portugaliza" all over the net.

See: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/Galicia/Teatro/marionetas/festival/Portugaliza/elpepuespgal/20070120elpgal_17/Tes http://www.agal-gz.org/portugaliza/ http://br.geocities.com/partido_portugalego/ http://maisala.vieiros.com/nova.php?Ed=53&id=55269 http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/portugaliza-org/ http://odoloeventual.blogspot.com/2006/03/portugaliza.html http://chuza.org/historia/portugaliza-a-partir-do-sabado-na-sala-nasa/ http://www.militar.org.ua/foro/portugaliza-una-injerencia-extranjera-en-espana-t14639.html http://www.redegalega.org/synapsis/226/g/syn226_g.htm http://ivoninho-tomaapalavra.blogspot.com/

and hundreds more... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahsouza (talk • contribs) 17:45, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Strong keep. Spelled various ways. The musician Hevia is from this region. A real place is per se notable. Bearian 17:18, 4 October 2007 (UTC) OOps, he's not from there, but he's played there. Bearian 17:19, 4 October 2007 (UTC) Changed to Neutral per arguments of nom, especially that it possibly violates WP:NEO. Bearian 18:45, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Neologism or protologism with a flag - no source that this portmanteau of nearby geographic entities is used notably (the various blogs above show nothing more than a neo- or proto- word that may or may not ever become current} - as for the flag it seems more like to highlight this as a hoax rather than some transnational area striving for recognition. Carlossuarez46 21:35, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. -- Magioladitis 23:33, 5 October 2007 (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.