Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Formosa's law


 * 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. \ Backslash Forwardslash / {talk} 00:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Formosa's law
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The sole source supporting this article is a one line entry in the Jargon File. I do not think this is enough to support a verifiable encyclopaedia article that is more than a basic dictionary definition of the term. I can find little in the way of third party sourcing for further expansion of the article, only some forum and blog mentions, a couple of copies of the Wikipedia article ( and ) and a mention in a pay to publish novel. There is no evidence of the significant coverage by reliable sources required by the general notability guideline. Guest9999 (talk) 14:45, 23 June 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:09, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions.  KuyaBriBri Talk 15:07, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Per ChildofMidnight's law. ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:31, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Transwiki - If it's a dic def, let's put it over to wiktionary. Grandmartin11 (talk) 20:15, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It is not a dictionary article giving translations, etymologies, parts of speech, and suchlike of an idiom. It is an encyclopaedia article, about a concept, and the title is not even idiomatic.  Wiktionary is not an encyclopaedia. Uncle G (talk) 04:05, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. A dictionary definition is not enough content to be an article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ydouthink90 (talk • contribs) 18:13, 6 July 2009 (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.