Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Squillion

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This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.

The result of the debate was merge/redirect. – Radiant_* 09:58, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Squillion

Without the word history, which looks suspiciously bogus, this article shrinks down to a dicdef. -- Dcfleck 00:47, 2005 Apr 5 (UTC)

*Delete as neologism. I really had to do a double-take since that word almost looks like my last name! - Lucky 6.9 04:47, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

    • Guess this is real after all. Merge/redirect. - Lucky 6.9 07:51, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect this and all other (*insert any consonant*)illion words to Zillion. Sjakkalle 06:52, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge/Redirect per Sjakalle. Radiant_* 07:13, Apr 5, 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge/Redirect. Its not a neologism though as it is in widespread use in the UK, particularly amoungst children, as meaning a very very large number. It also gets 13,500 hits on google and has a Wiktionary entry. Thryduulf 10:26, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    • additionally merge the other articles in category:Indefinite large numbers into one article. Thryduulf 23:41, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment - We already have Gazillion, Bajillion and Jillion as articles, all of which are rarer in the UK than Squillion (and Bajillion is pretty rare anyway), so if this were to be merged, so should all those other similar terms. If not merged, clean up thoroughly (and in particular, lose the awful example. If you want an example, find a quote from someone in a newspaper). Average Earthman 12:40, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    • Good idea, merge the lot of them. I'll put it on my to-do list if there are no objections. Radiant_* 08:10, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
      • I'd put a note on the various talk pages just to see if anyone who is watching them objects, but I'm all for it. Thryduulf 11:26, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment - agree with Average Earthman. If rare similar terms like Jillion and Gazillion have articles, the relatively commonly-used term Squillion should have one. This should either be a merge/redirect or a Transwiki to Wiktionary rather than an outright delete. Grutness|hello? 23:02, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    • note that wiktionary already has an entry for squillion. Thryduulf 23:41, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • All -illions now merged to Zillion, Squillion should simply redirect there as there's nothing new in that article. Radiant_* 18:08, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirect. Agree with Radiant. Robinoke 15:27, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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