Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Going Dark (2nd nomination)


 * 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. Davewild (talk) 17:42, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Going Dark
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Article was recently submitted for AfD but correctly rejected as the AfD lacked a rationale. Resubmitting based on WP:NEO as the article appears to be a brief definition of a neologism. Fiachra10003 (talk) 01:05, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. North America1000 02:48, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. North America1000 02:49, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I've added the div box & "2nd nom links" above so apologies if i messed up or missed something off, cheers, – Davey 2010 Talk 03:29, 17 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment: If it is a neologism then it does seem to be quite widely used. I'm also finding where it's being used in a bunch of different ways. Law enforcement and the government use it in the manner that's described currently in the article, but it also seems like it's used to describe various things (cable channels, radio stations, websites) getting closed or turned off. I think that this could probably be expanded to cover all of these different uses of the term. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  03:37, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment Broadcasting's definition of dark is already covered by the articles Dark (broadcasting) and Off-the-air.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 03:52, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Delete: Per WP:NEO. It's just a common idiom. Maybe it belongs in Wiktionary, but probably not here. &#8213;  Padenton &#124;&#9993;  08:07, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 19:00, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - Might be a place to add it at Dark (broadcasting), anonymity, Computer and network surveillance, or a similar article, but it would only need a single line. &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 13:10, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
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