Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eugepae


 * 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   Fiat Justitia, Ruat Coelum. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  15:47, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Eugepae

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Contested PROD. Proposed for deletion by me with the reason: "The word eugepae does exist in Latin, but there is no evidence that is used at the end of a proof. None of the sources mentions the word eugepae. The Latin interwiki link points to la:Vicipaedia:Ioci = Wikipedia:Jokes." (the interwiki link has since been removed).

Reviewed by User:Uncle G who wrote "It's a complete falsehood from beginning to end. The sources don't bear out the content in any way, and there are no sources to support this. The word is a Greek loanword into Latin, but the etymology given here is not supported by what the sources actually say, either. This is a hoax."

However, the prod template was removed by User:Canaryinthebathtub in his/her first and only edit, with the summary "I have deleted the deletion warning, as the contents of this page is completely accurate."

I don't think I need to add anything to this. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 10:33, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I have now restored the link to the Latin Vicipaedia's joke page la:Vicipaedia:Ioci. And rew D alby  11:59, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * For what it's worth, you can read about this category of loanwords, and how Terence uses them far less frequently than Plautus, on page 22 of ISBN 0521458714. The source, as do several others, says that this comes from the Greek interjection &epsilon;&upsilon;, not from Latin as the hoaxers who wrote,  expanded, and defended this article would have us believe.  (But don't think that such sources support having a discussion of Latin words of Greek origin under this title.)  If you go back to the first version of this article, you'll see the claim that people "slowly acquired the knowledge of how to reproduce".   The hoaxers want you to believe that at one point humans didn't know how to reproduce.  This is a blatant hoax from top to bottom, and from its creation until now. Uncle G (talk) 11:06, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delenda est. Utter rubbish from beginning to end. None of the references given actually demonstrate this "common usage", of course. Zetawoof(&zeta;) 11:42, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Hoax by kids with too much time on their hands. Deor (talk) 12:32, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete. Nicely done hoax, but any hoax is vandalism.  I knew the Catullus reference was bogus on sight, and the other references do not check out either.  FWIW, eugepae is a Latin borrowing of a Greek interjection, not a native Latin word.  I am not sure the actual word is notable enough to support an article. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:39, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.