Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lunatic fringe (term)


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The result was delete. Yunshui 雲 水 07:45, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Lunatic fringe (term)

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Completely a WP:DICDEF and non-notable. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 02:14, 24 July 2019 (UTC)


 * If the page is deleted it'll leave a redlink at the dab page Lunatic fringe. How should that dab page be modified? Note: I'm the editor who created the page by moving material from the dab page. DexDor(talk) 05:34, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. The DAB page will do fine without the pipe.  We have many DAB pages on common words and phrases that need a disambig to point people to sundry songs, novels, rock bands, etc.  E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:36, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The link to it should be removed. The Wiktionary box on the dab page is sufficient, no changes need to be made to it otherwise.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 14:32, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  CASSIOPEIA(talk) 05:35, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions.  CASSIOPEIA(talk) 05:35, 24 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Merge WP:DICDEF tells us to cover topics by their meaning not their spelling. This means we should combine this with other similar pages likes moonbat and wingnut. This could be a start on a glossary of American politics. Andrew D. (talk) 11:23, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * You can't merge into an article that doesn't exist. Either way, once it does, surely someone can look in the dictionary and find the definition of lunatic fringe again without this page needing to exist.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 14:32, 24 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete because Wikipedia is not a dictionary.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:30, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Per Nom. Completely a WP:DICDEF and non-notable. --SalmanZ (talk) 20:25, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - DICDEF. If it didn't have the disambiguator in the title it would make sense to redirect, but lunatic fringe already exists as a disambiguation page and I don't see much point in redirecting there (nobody's searching for it with "(term)"). &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 01:29, 30 July 2019 (UTC)


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