Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/POSIWID


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The result was   keep. Wizardman 21:52, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

POSIWID

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non-notable initialism. The article seems to be a WP:NEOLOGISM. Tavix (talk) 00:15, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete- 'tis a neologism. Possibly redirect to Stafford Beer, but I'm not sure I'd bother. Reyk  YO!  02:35, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Being a neologism isn't in-and-of-itself a reason to delete. The sources below seem to me to meet the requirements of WP:NEO. Hobit (talk) 12:56, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete - Non notable neologism. Fails WP:NEO. Undeath (talk) 04:35, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=R0varM1OOtEC&pg=PA224&dq=POSIWID&ei=ub6XSJnYFpyMjAGYwvmzBw&sig=ACfU3U18dE0VKxKVlhevg3tsaZ_lnszUSQ looks like a fine RS.
 * http://www.parshift.com/Speakers/Speak026.htm is also a pretty good source.
 * http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=/iel5/10498/33254/01571272.pdf?arnumber=1571272
 * "Loopholes can be precluded from just happening. Systems thinkers know they must design a system not just for the situation that exists but for the situations that will result when the system is put into operation. Humble system thinkers have a label for this, POSIWID, the purpose of a system is what it does (regardless of what the sponsors and developers intended it to do)."
 * I stopped after about 5 minutes, but I suspect there are a lot more. WP:NEO tells us only to delete a neologism if RS's can't be found that define the term. These clearly do. Hobit (talk) 02:50, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep per refs found by Hobit. Subject is not neologism when is is verifiable by multiple credible sources. Has potential for improvement. --PeaceNT (talk) 02:17, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - New reliable sources confirm its notability. Pie is good   (Apple is the best)  20:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC)


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