Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Freak states


 * 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, fails WP:NEO, does not have multiple reliable sources about the word(not just using it). 1 != 2 16:40, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Freak states

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Once-off neologism. No real-world usage given. "Freak states" + Alaska + Hawaii gets 30 Ghits, most of them just quotes from the episode. sh &curren;  y  20:20, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

I saw the deletion proposition before I read this, and I guessed this page was proposed for deletion because it is a neologism.
 * a common enough term

The term has been around for sometime, at least since 1994, so I don't know how "neo" the neologism is. Aside from the Simpsons reference, the term (singular or plural) is currently used here in Hawaii, particularly by people who often have to deal with the frustrating aspects of moving themselves, their goods, or others between Hawaii and the Mainland.

I would submit that the term is used often enough that it warrants having a definition and explanation provided for it. I live in Hawaii right now, and I've heard it often enough that I thought the background for it should be available online in Wikipedia; it is not a "once-off" term. While it is not as commonly used as "the lower 48" is on the Mainland, it is still in the same class.

Looking at it in its singular form, only citing Hawaii, there are 165 references on Google, if that matters. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22freak+state%22+Hawaii&btnG=Search —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kushibo (talk • contribs) 20:34, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm new to this, though, and my understanding is that I can remove the deletion proposal by objecting to the deletion and stating reasons, which I have done above. My apologies if I'm doing this wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kushibo (talk • contribs) 20:27, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * That's the process for procedural deletion, not a deletion debate. People will chime in with their opinions about it and it will get closed after 5 days. With that said, Google News gets a bunch of hits for this phrase &mdash; perhaps people could find sources there?  I don't have a US newspaper subscription service, so I'm out of luck. --Haemo (talk) 20:40, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete, absolutely no reliable sources found. I have found random uses of "freak states" to mean various other groupings of states for ad hoc reasons (e.g. Utah being full of Mormons). I even found it used for San Marino and Andorra. Probably most instances are just a passing Simpsons reference anyway. --Dhartung | Talk 20:43, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedily redirect to Fear of Flying (The Simpsons) Will (talk) 20:45, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


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