Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TRUFAX

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The result of the debate was delete. — mark ✎ 10:03, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] TRUFAX

According to the article itself, this is a "very obscure" bit of internet slang. If this catches on and becomes a very popular bit of Internet slang, at that point it may be encyclopedic. I did a search on Google but there are several companies with variations on this name (all of which use lowercase letters) and I couldn't find any examples of the term being used as described in this article. No matter what you think about the Google test in other areas, it's a fairly reliable way to judge popularity of things whose sole claim to fame is their popularity on the internet. -Aranel ("Sarah") 04:15, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • del. Mikkalai 04:52, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, slang dicdef, obscure online term. Wyss 05:56, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Eh? Regio-n-specific neologism. Delete. Tygar 09:01, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Obscure slang term - so obscure I'm not convinced the author of this article didn't create it him/herself. Grutness|hello? 10:54, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. As the author of the article (way back in my first days on the Wikipedia), I can say it's genuine, but it is pretty deeply obscure. Besides which, it's really more of a Wikitionary entry. Origins lie in Popbitch's forums and spread from there, according to some. Sockatume 14:32, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Slang dic def. Mgm|(talk) 14:53, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete neologism - David Gerard 14:58, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete but thank it for being kind enough to self-identify as obscure for us Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:53, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, nn slangcruft. ComCat 09:20, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, nn, unverifiable. vlad_mv 12:55, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Verifiable, actually (if you know about it, which I guess doesn't count) [1][2] but still very obscure. Sockatume 14:27, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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