Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Splendiforous


 * 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   delete. and salted Mgm|(talk) 10:26, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Splendiforous

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Here are six reasons this article should be deleted: It is little more than a definition; Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Apart from the content which belongs in a dictionary, this article contains speculation that the term "will be included in major dictionaries, including Webster's, by the year 2012"; Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. The sources are almost certainly fabricated—the first several versions of the article listed the sources as: ''1. "The English Language- an Ever Changing Dialect." Tim Geerlings, 2008. Not yet published. / 2. "Modern Etymology." Alexandra Oosse, 2008. To be published shortly / 3. "A Synopsis of Major English Dictionaries." Elizabeth Cain, unpublished work. 2007.'' This article has been speedied twice already. As noted on the article's talk page, the term being defined by this article is simply a misspelling of splendiferous. Furthermore, splendiferous was not "first used commonly in the later part of the first decade of the 2000's"; it has been in use since 1843 according to Merriam-Webster. This article is a hoax through and through. —Bkell (talk) 06:35, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete it with napalm. -- Kickstart70 T C 06:38, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete As I outlined on the talk page, this appears to be a hoax definition placed as a misspelling of an actual word, which would belong on Wiktionary anyway. Thanks for taking this to AfD. --skew-t (talk) 06:41, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per the very good nomination above. --  role player 07:17, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - WP:NOT Wiktionary. - Richard Cavell (talk) 08:03, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Belongs on Wiktionary if spelled right.--Beligaronia (talk) 08:39, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete and keep it out of Wikitionary. It's a clear hoax. Alexius08 (talk) 10:05, 18 November 2008 (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.