Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Appointocracy


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The result was delete. Tone 21:46, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Appointocracy

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Looks like a DICDEF/Neologism, smells like a DICDEF/Neologism, probably is a DICDEF/Neologism. Stood up on Naomi Klein's use of a word that has also appeared in a couple of articles. It doesn't appear in the second of the two sources presented, as far as I can see. And it's not a 'word' according to dictionaries... Alexandermcnabb (talk) 13:53, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 13:53, 1 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete. The second source (The Economist article) does indeed mention the term, but you need full access to see it. "We should aim for one person, one vote across Somalia," says Neil Wigan, Britain's ambassador. "But exactly what's going to be possible, we'll have to see." Ken Menkhaus, a Somalia expert from Davidson College in North Carolina, says some kind of "appointocracy" is once again inevitable. My impression is that both examples are nonce words – made up for the occassion – not real examples of ongoing usage.  Although there are a few independent usages relating to the aftermath of the Iraq war .  The central point here is that Wikipedia is WP:NOTDICT so we don't do neoligisms per WP:NEO.  There is a complete absence of sources discussing this concept as a recognised form of government so we can't have an article claiming that that is what it is.  The examples described are more along the lines of a tactic used by an occupying power to maintain its authority rather than an ongoing, self-sustaining form of government. If this is deleted, we should also remove its entry in List of forms of government since it is not established that this is a form of government. SpinningSpark 16:27, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Excellent topic for a future dissertation or book, but not yet ready for Wikipedia. Wikipedia Library turns up at least one other instance of the term being used with regard to the National Democratic Alliance government in India, but at this point without the secondary literature properly defining "appointocracy" as a form of government, it seems this can only result in OR. Cielquiparle (talk) 13:17, 5 July 2022 (UTC)


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