Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fanwank (3rd nomination)


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The result was   delete. Fanwank made me smile Spartaz Humbug! 17:18, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Fanwank
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Nonnotable neologism/dicdef Staszek Lem (talk) 21:59, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
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 * Comment. It appears that this article has been merged, split, deleted, and undeleted in the past. If it is deleted, a soft redirect to fanwank seems to be in order. Cnilep (talk) 03:08, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Reply throughout this activities the article was utterly unreferenced, i.e., itself was an example of fanwanking in times when wikipedia was rather lax about its content. Therefore any merges/splits (if any) were in fact propagation of the violation of wikipedia's the most basic rule WP:NOR. Moreover, it was tagged to be merged in "fanon" however this tag was removed as no consensus, and I saw no tracing of merging. I see no signs of splitting. It was restored on the basis or copyright preservation of the possibly re-used content. I don't think we must protect copyright of stuff added against basic wikipedia rules. Let them sue, and I am sure an admin will gladly restore the content into their user page. Staszek Lem (talk) 16:24, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Nonnotable neologism. Edison (talk) 01:15, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak keep It seems to me this is an important concept that warrants an article. A quick Google search demonstrates the term is being used widely. I've added a good academic journal citation to back the main definition. However, WP:NEO requires not just usage of the term but WP:RS articles about the term and I've done less well so far on those. A wiktionary re-direct, as per Cnilep, would be my second choice. Bondegezou (talk) 10:27, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Fandom. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:27, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Ryan Postlethwaite See the mess I've created or let's have banter 23:38, 27 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete Incoherent vulgarity. Warden (talk) 10:59, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete I am with Warden on this one. This is not an encyclopedia article. -- Y not? 16:41, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
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