Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Metropoloponopolis


 * 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   Speedily deleted CSD-A3. Mfield (Oi!) 04:53, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Metropoloponopolis

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Both a PROD and PROD2 tag were removed without comment or alteration. This is essentially a made-up word; neither of the "references" in the article mention this, and there are zero google hits. I don't know if Wiktionary accepts this sort of thing, in which case it might be transwikied, but there's no reason for Wikipedia to have this. Accounting4Taste: talk 20:33, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - there is no such word in ancient Greek; searches find nothing, and the false sources cited indicate a deliberate hoax. Wiktionary wouldn't want it - they don't want things made up one day any more than we do, they require that a term should be "attested", e.g. by "Usage in permanently recorded media, conveying meaning, in at least three independent instances spanning at least a year." JohnCD (talk) 20:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.  -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  21:44, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - complete bollocks. None of the details check out in any way whatsoever; moreover, most of the historical details (an ancient Greek document suggesting that an unspecified group "meet in rome", for instance, or an ancient Greek word based on a Latin word) are highly improbable. Zetawoof(&zeta;) 22:04, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Looks like a completely WP:MADEUP word. Google hasn't heard of it either. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  22:48, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * G3 Total vandalism/misinformation. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 22:51, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep- Has sources that explain details in the definitionl —Preceding unsigned comment added by 44pinky (talk • contribs) 23:52, 1 April 2009 (UTC)  — 44pinky (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Delete as hoax. In ancient Greek, a metropolis was so called because it was a "mother city" that founded other cities as colonies or "children." The information about Greek "meanings" in this article is wholly false. Deor (talk) 00:14, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - one of the better made-up words I've seen in the past 2 years here. Bearian (talk) 00:49, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as made-up stuff. Author: invented words need to be introduced in a very well-written article if they are to impress anyone. Eh, Pinky, those references are where, precisely? Drmies (talk) 02:36, 2 April 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.