Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Man date

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 18:05, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Man date
As the article clearly states, this term was coined for a particular article. Neologism, nn. RickK 03:19, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep. Copyvio.  While it's true that the writer of the NYT article coined the term, the phenomenon is real and the article has gotten a lot of attention. I could imagine people coming to Wikipedia for a summary of the term (and the buzz surrounding it) and I'd like them to find an article on the topic. Note: This is, unfortunately, a copyvio, with most of the text taken from the New York Times article.  Worthy topic in my mind, but this isn't the article to cover it.  Moncrief 04:14, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, there is noting encyclopedic about a meeting between two men. If man date turns into metrosexual in a couple of months (the NYT article is a few days old) then this neologism may need to be reconsidered. Keep it deleted after the copyvio is dealt with.--nixie 04:19, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * Boy, that was fast. In any case, from the article in question: Although "man date" is a coinage invented for this article, appearing nowhere in the literature of male bonding (or of homosexual panic).... Neologism, and Wikipedia need not be the vehicle for turning this into Jennifer 8 Lee's "metrosexual". Delete until it actually becomes widespread and not something from a Times thumbsucker. --Calton | Talk 06:16, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, neologism. Megan1967 07:43, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - in the area of mispelld redirects, adding one to mandate may be appropriate? Radiant_* 18:13, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neologism invented in a two-day old NY Times article.  What's funny is I just read the article and thought "I bet some idiot already tried to make an article out of this term."  Lo and behold, I find it...  Postdlf 18:11, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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