Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clear hat


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was delete. Sr13 is almost  Singu  larity  06:21, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Clear hat

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obscure slang, no hits on google; was prodded NeilN 18:34, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

This definition and classification of Clear hat both informs White Hat hackers as well as other ethical security professionals about this type of hacker. This is an entry for White Hat hackers (and the respective types), academia, Wikipedia members, and users. It purpose promote understanding, and identification of this hacker type. It disambiguates the definition of a "Hacker" on this page  Hacker (disambiguation). The basis of the edit was described as jargon from Google. Google, a valuable and complete source of information to the world, is not the quintessential source of all information and knowledge. If it was, then Wikipedia would only be a subset of the information found on MSN, Yahoo, Google, Dmoz AOL, and all other search engines. This also includes books, publications an countless academic papers and magazine articles. I believe this is an appropriate classification and reasonable definition based on the criteria stated in the current definition. A 'Clear Hat Hacker'
 * Please see Avoid_neologisms --NeilN 19:34, 4 August 2007 (UTC)


 * DELETE Speaking on behalf of all beige hats, mauve hats and paisley hats, this article need to be deleted as "stuff made up in school one day". Pharmboy 20:20, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. I can only find two or three instances where it's been used online (Google search). While I recognize that not all things are found online, there's no plausible reason that this term could be used heavily offline but hardly ever mentioned online, given the technical nature of the subject. Zetawoof(&zeta;) 21:01, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NEO as a protologism. Askari Mark (Talk) 00:47, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - non-notable neologism. --Haemo 21:44, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete it's not been used, not been coined, so it's not even a neologism. And the article openly admits that it's original research. ("This is an entry intended for White Hat hackers (and the respective types), academia, Wikipedia members, and users. It disambiguates the definition of the general term 'Hacker'.") --rtc 16:36, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


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