Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flydigging


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 05:17, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Flydigging

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Contested prod. The article is about a genuine issue but not one that most people know by the name of "flydigging", which appears to be a recently invented word that has not found significant currency.

Neologism - "must cite reliable secondary sources such as books and papers about the term — not books and papers that use the term", zero relevant ghits.

Inadequately referenced - only one of the references refers directly to the issue - the others are about something else entirely.

Soapbox article for pressure group andy (talk) 13:38, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * What do you consider to be the common term used to refer to this practice? - Mgm|(talk) 13:51, 3 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Who knows? But it's not flydigging, that's for sure. andy (talk) 13:52, 3 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Seems to have been something made up by a lobbying group; I get one google hitIf they can get others to use the phrase, then we can talk. Mangoe (talk) 14:31, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

This article has been written by Boris Johnson's PR agency, who fed the "story" to the Evening Standard. The event was not a Christmas party, but an awards ceremony recognising efforts of best practice within the industry, and the only "protesters" were employees of the PR agency, who are pursuing all avenues to get their made up phrase "flydigging" into the public consciousness.


 * Hmmm... the article was created by an SPA called Dylsharpe. iNHouse PR has an employee called Dylan Sharpe . Looks like a smoking gun to me. andy (talk) 15:42, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * ... and here we read "Boris appoints iNHouse PR for Mayoral Campaign". JohnCD (talk) 15:53, 3 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete - fails WP:NEO - not enough evidence that it is in use. In fact WP:NEO saw this one coming: Articles on protologisms are usually deleted as these articles are often created in an attempt to use Wikipedia to increase usage of the term. Sorry, Dylan, Wikipedia is not a platform for PR campaigns. JohnCD (talk) 15:53, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as failing WP:NEO - I can find no evidence that the term is in general use. If we make this an article on the concept, I haven't been able to find any sources other than the evening standard article about the protest. The fact that this article seems to be by the PR company appointed by Boris Johnson makes it seem likely the whole thing (the protest and all), is a publicity stunt. I can't seem to find any references to the group apart from the evening standard article. Silverfish (talk) 17:32, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I was pulling for the term, but it's a pretty clear cut case. Notability hasn't been established, and I'm not sure why it's called fly-digging? ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:29, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


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