Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Quandrum

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. Resistance is futile! Mailer Diablo 13:43, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quandrum

Yet another unsourced vanity protologism. Contested PROD. Sandstein 11:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't believe so. I am from Australia myself, and I have heard of Dr. Wang and studied the controversy surrounding her particular theologies (not the simplistic movement though). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Reality 22 (talk • contribs) .

• Delete... something invented in the last week or so has slowly gained reputation? JPD (talk) 12:13, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete i.e. quandrum ("a substitute for any verb and adjective"). Protologism invented within the last nine days. Misspelling of conundrum or what?? Weregerbil 12:38, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Keep and expand. Interesting article. I have heard this term used before, but not in relation to the movement. Perhaps a new term which has recently come to light in Australia? The previous comment is the first edit of new contributor Wherehow (talk | contribs).

• Comment The only edits of the keep voters are on the Quandrum page and this Afd. Having that said, I abstain because I don't have any info on the use of English words. Fetofs ^Hello! 13:32, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. A neologism, as the article itself admits, that I suspect is a portmanteau of "quandary" and "condundrum". I cannot match the reference given at the end of the article to a published title, so verifiability is also an issue (an ISBN would clear this up). Sliggy 13:42, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete I'm Australian; I haven't heard of it. — Stumps 15:15, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

  BTW The supposed publishers 'Vixen and Hyde' get 0 google hits. Feels like a hoax. — Stumps 15:17, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

• delete neologism Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens 21:23, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Outrageous NeoloCruft. "The word "Quandrum" was invented and first used by an Australian underground theorist Dr. Sarah Wang in March, 2006". Flush. Deizio 02:02, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. I am from Australia, and do not know Dr Wang, but I must admit that I have not only heard of the word quandrum, but I use it regularly, in the exact context mentioned by Dr Wang. I think it may be a word that will catch on in the future. I strongly urge you not to dismiss it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.214.46.35 (talk • contribs) user has 2 lifetime edits, both on this page

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.