Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome


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The result was Keep. Balloonman (talk) 06:50, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome

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Article about a non notable neologism or protologism, created and used in a narrow area of popular culture. As a rule, Wikipedia doesn't have articles on neologisms unless widely adopted. See WP:NEO → Aza Toth 18:23, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's an interesting TV trope (see Chuck Cunningham Syndrome), and has probably been written about under different terminology, but with the one source provided it's an unnotable protologism. We need better sourcing about the topic itself to have an article, not just one person's idea of what to call it. The CCS article was changed into something more encyclopedic, so there's a possibility for a restructuring here, too. --Dhartung | Talk 21:42, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - term looks to be in wide use and in fairly scholarly circles, like MIT for instance. It's weak but the phenomenon is well known enough to warrant an article. Otto4711 (talk) 04:08, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if the title is great, but I think that the phenomenon is worthy of note. Since it doesn't only apply to soap operas, and not only rapidly aging, maybe rename it to something more neutral about age modification in television. I'm not creative enough to put forth a suggestion though. I (talk) 05:09, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Agreed - it's in wide use and a notable television phenomenon - remarks about soap and sitcom kids going from crayons to a bustline are as widespread as remarks about the Darrin Stephens and Chuck Cunningham events. PMA (talk) 15:29, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
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