Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Permanent hiatus


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The result was merge to TWoP.-Andrew c [talk] 22:46, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Permanent hiatus

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Non-notable Neologism from website Television Without Pity. The term appears to be in use, but I could not find third party sources documenting it. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 06:49, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable outside TWoP. Realkyhick 07:55, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to TWoP. Wl219 09:18, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to TWOP. It is a dictionary definition, anyway, and does not seem like a proper subject for an encyclopedia article. As a neologism, per ProQuest, it was used outside TWOP to refer to TV shows in "Science Fiction's Final Frontier; Perhaps," by Justine Elias. New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Jan 2, 2000. p. 13.4, in "Giving sitcoms a hand Glut of shows, dearth of talent have undercut half-hour humor;" [FINAL Edition], by Robert Bianco. USA TODAY. McLean, Va.: Feb 3, 2000. p. 01.D, in "Fox building on baseball, 'Idol' again: AS WB, UPN BECOME ONE, SOME GOOD, BAD SURPRISES," by Charlie McCollum. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, San Jose Mercury News. Washington: May 19, 2006. pg. 1, and in the Chicago Tribune "Long breaks send viewers on permanent hiatus," by Mark McGuire. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. Washington: May 20, 2007. pg. 1 . It was used to refer to cars "Chicago Tribune New Cars Column," by Jim Mateja. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. Washington: Feb 1, 2004. pg. 1. to musical groups "SPARTA: Porcelain," by Christa L Titus. Billboard. New York: Jul 31, 2004. Vol. 116, Iss. 31; pg. 38, 1 pgs, in "CHANGES." by Anonymous. Rolling Stone. New York: Jun 2, 2005. p. 12 (1 page), and to baseball in "The Daily Fix: Barry Bonds' Traveling Circus Heads for Maddux, San Diego;" Online edition, by Carl Bialik and Jason Fry. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Aug 3, 2007. Not so clear at all that Television Without Pity invented the term, because even in the 1960's U.S. TV shows referred to the break when they weren't filming (and when they might get cancelled) as the "hiatus." The TWOP article is uninformative as to when that site was launched, but the Wayback internet archive only shows it back to Feb 1, 2002, so the term likely was in wide use pre-TWOP.  Edison 04:07, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to TWOP. Italiavivi 19:59, 29 August 2007 (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.