Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silvermoon's law

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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. - Mailer Diablo 15:09, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Silvermoon's law

Another non-notable 'law' with 49 Ghits[1]. Devoid of notability and reliable sources. And who is Silvermoon anyway? Nydas 09:31, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. MER-C 10:24, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Most people attribute "Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools." to Gene Brown. Whilst this quotation would make a useful addition to q:fools, it is nowhere near enough to form the basis of a whole encyclopaedia article. ISBN 0099264900 simply lists "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious." as one of several variations of Murphy's Law, which makes it a candidate for q:Murphy's Law. But the same book contains no listing at all for Silvermoon, and there is no other source material at all on this purported law. It exists in a few unsourced quotations, and collections of quotations, floating around Internet, and that's it. Murphy's Law has books on it, in contrast. Delete. Uncle G 11:09, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per Uncle G. According to Google, Silvermoon seems to be a city in World of Warcraft. What relation that has to this "law", if any, is unknown. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 12:18, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Arbusto 06:35, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. "Coming up with eponymous laws is hard because everyone's just about to say the same thing anyway." - me, right now. "And even if you do, it's still not what Wikipedia is for." - me, right now, just to continue. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 19:17, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge with fool proof. It is certainly notable enough for inclusion, but there is no source to verify that it was 'Silvermoon' who came up with it. And I don't see something of this kind ever getting beyond a substub. Cynical 11:04, 12 October 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.