Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paleoliberalism (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 00:37, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Paleoliberalism
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In the course of the first nomination, some sources were found to prove that this term has been used by a number of authors. Still, people use a great many of terms and neologisms that don't necessarily constitute a school of thought in its own right. If the term is used to denote either of left-wing socialists, liberal policy hawks, or right-wing paleolibertarians, covering almost the whole area of political orientations, then it obviously doesn't constitute a real current but is an ambiguous (self)designation that is best presented as a DAB page. PanchoS (talk) 08:16, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:08, 30 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete - Incoherent attempt at a dictionary definition about a non-notable neologism. This is clearly a play on paleoconservatism, which is a real thing, with self-described adherents and substantial coverage in secondary sources. There is no such thing as paleoliberalism — no self-described adherents and virtually zero use of the phrase outside of a handful of chattering public intellectuals trying to hammer out a column. Carrite (talk) 17:37, 4 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete - I've only seen it used, in full context, in a single article in the New Yorker. Too soon. Bearian (talk) 18:11, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - I've only seen it used, in full context, in a single article in the New Yorker. Too soon. Bearian (talk) 18:11, 7 July 2016 (UTC)


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