Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spime (theory)

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The result of the debate was delete. Titoxd^{(?!? - help us)} 03:00, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment after close - I found a good source: Rothman, Andrea. (October 5, 1987) Wall Street Journal This Bible's found a special niche, but will it make the author rich? Section 1, Page 125 (noting, "Article on George N Kayatta,[1] who has rewritten Bible in rhymed couplets, in project that took 11 years."). If this makes it to DRV, please take this into consideration. -- Jreferee t/c 21:49, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spime (theory)

seems to be utter rubbish Johnpaulb 07:29, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete nonsense, vanity, hoax, crackpot theory, unverifiable, whatever. Lukas ^(T.|@) 07:44, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
• Patent nonsense. Delete. GeorgeStepanek\^talk 08:22, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Lukas.--Andeh 10:14, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Also a hoax, Wordspy credits an SF writer with the earliest citation of the word (which he apparently coined) in 2004. See http://www.wordspy.com/words/spime.asp Tychocat 13:16, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep in a form which simply records the details about the theory together with the fact that Kayatta invented it (nonsense though it is).--Alex Selby 14:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Appears to only exist in this article and mirrors [2]. Only George Kayatta I can find is a musician. Fan1967 16:04, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I find what appears to be a vanity entry by this guy (the only entry I can find not about the musician) in an alumni journal for Case Western, where he claims this title of foremost “Renaissance Man in America,” but I can find nothing anywhere else on the web to justify it, and absolutely nothing connected with "Spime". (Dr. Kayatta's doctorate is in French Literature.) The only actual uses of that word are connected to science fiction author Bruce Sterling, as documented in the article at Spime. - Fan1967 17:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

• Weak keep to give a chance for expansion, if not then delete. Xyrael ^T 16:24, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom Trebor 19:41, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Fan1967. Reyk _YO! 20:34, 1 June 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.