Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brazilianization

 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 DELETE, which will be implemented pending resolution of compression block errors. Postdlf 09:26, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Brazilianization
Delete. 4N: Neologism. Non-enciclopedic (Wikipedia is not a cristalball), No NPOV and non-sense. Personally, I see also as a great offence to us, brazilians. José San Martin 23:31, May 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. --Carnildo 22:38, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Seems to be a neologism to me--694 google hits does not indicate wide usage. Delete unless notable usages are proven. Meelar (talk) 00:10, May 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neologism, derogatory reference to a large population that is inappropriate in an international encyclopedia, at best a dictionary definition. -Willmcw 00:51, May 4, 2005 (UTC) (correction - refers to social system not ehtnic makeup. Other concerns still apply. -Willmcw 02:21, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Semantically, I'd challenge the NPOV of this entry, especially it's onward reference to US balkanization. --Simon Cursitor 07:05, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Useful sociological term introduced by a bestselling non-fiction author. --goethean 18:14, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, neologism. Megan1967 10:52, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, clean-up. This appears to be a potentially interesting topic.  It does show some signs of POV issues, which need to be addressed.  If we can have unbiased articles on terms like banana republics, the Left Coast, and the N-word, why not this?--MDC 08:20, May 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * However, if there does exist some more "politically correct" term specifically describing this phenomenon, I suggest merging/redirecting to that article instead.--MDC 08:20, May 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * would :miscegenation" be appropriate merge target? -Willmcw 15:12, May 7, 2005 (UTC) On reflection, it would not be. -Willmcw 02:21, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * This is biased, isn't it? Banana republic is a generic term. Is Brazilianisation a generic term?


 * Keep per MDC. Kappa 22:24, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * What on earth does MDC mean? José San Martin 23:19, May 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * It looks like Kappa is agreeing with the reasoning of MDC, AKA User:Freakofnurture. -Willmcw 02:21, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
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