Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manhattanization


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The result was keep.  A r k y a n  &#149; (talk) 21:27, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Manhattanization

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Appears to be a neologism. I'm not sure, so I'm neutral. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 16:51, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong and speedy keep - A term known from some 40 years ago (and cited in the article) is no neologism. -- BPMullins | Talk 17:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep needs more sources but this is used in print from the 60s and 70s as noted above. Guy (Help!) 22:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong keep per everyone else. Acalamari 23:31, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong keep term is clearly not a neologism. Maybe split up the section that I added into a new article. Skyscraper Phoenix 06:03, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Discard this is not wiktionary for invented words. "Jazm" is a word over 80 years old, yet it's still a neologism.  Regardless, actual "research"-based content is one paragraph long.  Then we have as many pictures as fit on the page, and six examples of original research.  Even if Manhattanization were a concept sociologists had studied in detail and actually had linked the concept of social effects, the present content of this article wouldn't warrant keeping.

I could replace the whole article with, "Manhattanization is when a city goes through a period of high-rise building. What constitutes Manhattanization is completely arbitrary as there are no quantifiable characteristics that tell that a city is indeed undergoing Manhattanization."--Loodog 00:21, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
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