Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scilipotism


 * 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   merge to Movement of National Responsibility. –MuZemike 23:01, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Scilipotism

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Article is self-admittedly about a neologism.  Dennis The Tiger  (Rawr and stuff) 06:49, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Legis (talk - contribs) 07:22, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 *  Delete Merge to Movement of National Responsibility. (see the discussion below). He he, this political practice is well known also in my country, we call it "changing of coats" (převlékání kabátů). It is usually very despicable political fiddle, but not always. In any case, the term Scilipotism is certainly a neologism, its use is not confirmed by any reliable sources and it should be deleted. The circumstances regarding this issue should be developed in an encyclopedic way in the article Movement of National Responsibility. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 09:34, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Crossing the floor Delete. Cusop Dingle (talk) 16:56, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The redirect is not justified by a single reliable source, Cusop Dingle. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 17:04, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Cusop Dingle (talk) 17:09, 14 December 2011 (UTC)


 *  Delete Merge to Movement of National Responsibility. Other than WP and its mirrors, I found zero ghits for Scilipotism or Scilipotist. Fails WP:N. see related discussion further down --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 23:00, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * 197.251.164.7 has made me think again. Although the term itself may have no currency, the actions described in this article surely do, have tons of available sources (have added a couple), and ought to be captured in WP. Happy to consider better merge targets. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 19:53, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
 * There's not a single reliable source confirming use of this term. Should Wikipedia make up its validity? Should we associate a name of a living person with the term which "describes such a sudden transformation of political ideas and, particularly, of Parliament position ... for uncertain personal reasons but, certainly, for the advantage of the new political side." Without good sources, it would be totally inappropriate. I think that this page almost constitutes WP:ATTACK. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 08:46, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
 * A Google search on "scilipotism" returns 9 hits, 8 of them this article and mirrors. However, a search on "scilipotismo" finds 1,880 hits, including: La Repubblica, l'Unità , Il Foglio , "L'era dello scilipotismo", "Scilipotismo" , Limes , and "La politica italiana vede la nascita dello 'scilipotismo'" . So, I don't think it constitutes an attack page, although I also don't think that WP should be leading the charge to convert the Italian term into an English one, a la fascismo to fascism. At this point, I'm not sure what the best solution is: Rename article to "Scilipotismo"? Embed the content into the Crossing the floor, Party switching, or other similar articles? Port Domenico Sciliporti's article from Italian WP to here (which has a section on this issue)? Or just delete the topic, since it seems to be mainly of interest within a non-English speaking country? --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 15:21, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Good work, Hobbes Goodyear. I forgot to check out the Italian version, sorry. Deletion is not the best option, under those circumstances. We don't have an article for Domenico Scilipoti, so what about merging the content to the article Movement of National Responsibility? The context is in my opinion most relevant in this article. I'm still not sure if a stand alone article is sustainable. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 18:00, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed, Movement of National Responsibility does seem like the best spot for it, and that article could use fleshing out, anyway. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 18:37, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:38, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:38, 15 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Even though it is a neologism, such a bad habit must be recorded — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.251.164.7 (talk) 17:23, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge to Movement of National Responsibility. I agree with Hobbes Goodyear. -- Basilicofresco  (msg) 05:59, 17 December 2011 (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.