Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maverican


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The result was   delete. Stifle (talk) 00:39, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Maverican

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This is a non-notable neologism. Wikipedia is also not a dictionary, but mainly this thing is non-notable, not even the two "references" mention it Scapler (talk) 01:52, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Blogger coinage that hasn't gone mainstream yet, and probably won't. 24 Google hits, most of which are non-US sites that use it as an apparently insulting mispronunciation of "American". Rklear (talk) 02:14, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  02:18, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I declined the speedy but was going to nominate it myself with the exact same rationale given by Scapler. A neologism with no references (the refs given make no mention of it). faithless   (speak)  02:26, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Protologism, fails WP:NEO and WP:V. &mdash; neuro(talk) 03:35, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - this term has not achieved notability. Also, the article reads too much like a dictionary definition. - Richard Cavell (talk) 07:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)


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