Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black moon

 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 no consensus, so keep (5 keep, 3 delete). Deathphoenix 04:06, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Black moon
This seems to me to be an invented phrase, and therefore original research. I'd be satisfied if references documenting the history of the phrase were provided, but I couldn't find anything relevant to this on google. --Eric Forste 00:05, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - I agree that it is an invented phrase. The originator's intent is apparently to contrast it with blue moon, which itself was a misunderstanding on the part of Sky and Telescope back in 1946. The similar term dark moon is well known, but it has nothing to do with calendar months. Joe Kress 20:42, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC)


 * This was improperly and not completely posted to VfD. I'm finishing the process. No vote. &#8212;Mar·ka·ci: 2005-02-13 11:42 Z

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 * Delete - agree with the above Brookie 12:01, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Seems to come from (astrology),  (astronomy),  (Wiccan religious ideas). So I wouldn't call it original research or a neologistic phrase. 132.205.15.43 22:28, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Lunar phase . Keep, and expand. Megan1967 00:58, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, in effect, a neologism. Wyss 01:57, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Per astronomy cafe the second new moon in a month is known by several names: black moon, finder's moon, spinner moon, and secret moon. But if you delete this, the Black Moon (disambiguation) page also needs cleaning up. &mdash; RJH 20:47, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Well sourced outside of Wikipedia.  Parallels the better known blue moon.  Rossami (talk) 02:40, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - Little known but exists max rspct 19:02, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep --Haham hanuka 08:46, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)