User talk:J.Sagnella

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Unonym
(Copied from the VfD listing) There's nothing wrong with making an article about a rare but existing word. However, I find no evidence that this word exists at all. Not in dictionaries, and not a single English-language Google hit. Provide a good citation and I'm sure it'll be kept. Also, please sign your comments with ~. &mdash; Lomn | Talk 20:24:47, 2005-08-23 (UTC)

A point about signatures
We're asking you to use  ~ , rather than a manual sig, as it inserts a link back to here as well as a timestamp, greatly aiding communication. Just an FYI as to why we request that rather than something like (Lomn) -- see? &mdash; Lomn | Talk 21:18:06, 2005-08-23 (UTC)

Regarding Article Control
WP is set up to avoid rapid deletes where possible to prevent unnecessary culling -- that's why the VfD process lasts about a week and why the content is still visible the whole time. If you do find sources to cite validating unonym before the VfD process ends, great! I'll remove my delete vote, as will many others. There may, though, still be a strong feeling towards moving the content to Wiktionary -- an attempt is made to distinguish between word articles of encyclopedic content and word articles that are dictionary definitions (often abbreviated dicdefs).

Anyway, the real point I wanted to mention was to reference the policy on ownership of articles -- specifically, that your article submissions aren't really "yours" any longer. While nothing worthy of official attention has happened, it's inappropriate to post an all-caps "kill this page now" comment in the article proper (that's what the Talk page is for). The article is meant to stand, or to be edited via traditional means, until the VfD is resolved. As much as anything, this ensures that VfD voters, and particularly the admin who ultimately makes the call, see an objective version of what's being voted on. Also, as noted above, when you find a source, it means less work for you to get the article back into shape. &mdash; Lomn | Talk 00:17:33, 2005-08-24 (UTC)