Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Voluntarianism

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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 00:04, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Voluntarianism

No hits on Google for this word. --LeeHunter 19:22, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I show 59 hits on Google for this word. Also, it is a derivative of the word 'voluntary' and is meant to represent a form of government by which the people have a choice under which conditions they volunteer to live under. I strongly believe that we need such a word in today's political environment so as to describe such a belief. --Zaw 19:40, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)

• Above is User:Zaw's sole edit. An article about voluntarianism might be interesting and worthwhile; however, the existing article, stripped of POV, would be pure definition. Delete and if desired start from scratch; nothing helpful here. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 20:12, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. I got 55 Google hits, but they don't seem to relate to this article. The voluntarianism of Duns Scotus for example is described as the view that the divine will took precedence over the divine intellect. Other significant philosophers have also used the term, but this article seems to be the dicdef of a neologism for a recent and rather wacky idea, written to promote this idea. No useful content. Andrewa 20:28, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. neologism, non-conventional, too close in sound to voluntarism, possibly original research. Mikkalai 22:29, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I have edited the definition to remove any personal views. The word is indeed a neologism, and was coined out of a political discussion group meeting recently that I had attended. Everyone engaged in the conversation had agreed to its definition, I merely want to share the word with others who may be looking for such a term. --Zaw 22:32, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)

• This completely misses the point of an encyclopedia; in order to even find it, they would have to already know the term and therefore be looking for further information. Wikipedia isn't here to promote neologisms. An encyclopedia is a repository of established knowledge, not a meme vector to promote new coinages. Delete. Bearcat 00:32, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Sheesh. Wikipedia is not a forum for sharing the great new word you just came up with. Josh Cherry 01:02, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, not notable, neologism. Megan1967 03:15, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. If it catches on, resubmit it in a year or so. If it doesn't, it is just a neologism. --Woohookitty 07:26, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Keep If you didn't hear this word before, you abviously know absolutely nothing about political science, it should be expanded a lot though, much more to say, very encyclopaedic. Beta_M ^talk, |^contrib (Ë-Mail)
• Delete. Aside from Google, I did a JSTOR search of the word, which surveyed 34 Political Science journals along with over 100 journals from other disciplines. No hits for "Voluntarianism." Author of article has confessed it to be neologism. If it's more than that, I'd love to see a citation. --Fastfission 05:28, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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