Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kernophobia


 * 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   speedy delete: G7 per author request. -- Kinu t /c  21:45, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Kernophobia

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Brand new article with no sources provided. Google search for "Kernophobia" finds nothing. Not sure if this is a made up term but its certainly not notable enough for a single article. BritishWatcher (talk) 13:45, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. No evidence that this is anything other than an invented term.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:51, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 14:07, 22 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I would like to point out at this stage that an attempt to rig the outcome by the editor who made the article has been found on a Cornish website which promotes a very limited point of view.  Previous attempts to influence content on Cornwall articles have been advertised on this website before.

BritishWatcher (talk) 14:09, 22 June 2009 (UTC) Brythonek (talk) 18:55, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Point 1-Britishwatcher, I asked other people if they had heard the word before. Look, most phobia words are odd, ask the average bloke down the pub what "anglophobia" means and he'll probably say it's to do with fishing! :) From the replies that were given it led into another debate. As simple as. Nevertheless, I can find no hard reference to the word yet and so have nominated the article for deletion- even deleted the body of the text myself.
 * Point 2- Previous attempts to influence content on Cornwall articles have been advertised on this website before.- by whom? Myself? What do you mean attempts to "influence" articles? Do you mean Cornish people or people with an interest in Cornwall, as we would expect on Cornwall 24, being asked to contribute to articles on Cornwall?- the only appeal I have ever made on another website for Wikipedia was for Cornish speakers to help with the Cornish language section- on an entirely separate forum.
 * Delete. I'm Cornish and I've never heard of it. Yes there is evidence of anti-Cornish sentiment by a few people here and there but I have never heard of the term "Kernophobia". You can't just go making shit up, this is an encyclopedia. --Joowwww (talk) 14:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:NEO Niteshift36 (talk) 14:55, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as non-noteable neologism and as Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Not to be confused with an irrational fear of kerning. Qwfp (talk) 15:03, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete As per above.--AodhanTheCelticJew (talk) 17:00, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete 1. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. 2. This is a neologism, so a transwiki to Wiktionary is not appropriate. Thryduulf (talk) 17:56, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per above: WP:NEO at least. Cliff smith  talk  18:49, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * To all of you. I have posted a agree to delete message on the page and nominate it myself for deletion if it's going to create such nastiness.

But I pose a question--- What is the word then for "fear and loathing" of Cornishness equivalent to all the other -phobia words that exist? Brythonek (talk) 18:55, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * There isn't a non-neologistic word that means "fear and loathing of Cornishness" that would Wiktionary's Criteria for inclusion because people have not generally felt the need to use such a word, as using multiple words to express the concept appears to have been adequate. A great many of the -phobia words you see listed are not actually used - see Use–mention distinction. Thryduulf (talk) 20:28, 22 June 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.