Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Technosocialism


 * 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. - Mailer Diablo 14:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Technosocialism
No assertion of notability. Only 34 Google hits. Appears to be a violation of WP:NOR. -Elmer Clark 09:16, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

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Technosocialism is used by an author, who is not me (the original poster of this wiki), to describe Karl Capek's early 20th Century drama Rossum's Universal Robots(R.U.R). I point to this work specifically as a refutation of the term's notability.
 * Delete. Appears to be original research as the nominator cited. I do not understand the above appeal to the article on Capek. Certainly Capek is very notable and we have an article on him here as well as on R.U.R.. However, the fact that the author of an article about him was playful with language and coined a portmanteau does not mean that the word itself can piggyback onto the fame of the subject of the article it was used in. To claim notability for this word, you would have to show that the word itself is notable by its usage. A one-off usage does not render it so.--Fuhghettaboutit 10:42, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Fuhghettaboutit. NawlinWiki 11:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and fukghettaboutit and as per WP:OR ST47 12:00, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes technosocialism is a portmanteau. Technosocialism is a concatenation of the words (technology and socialism). Simply being a portmanteau is no grounds for exclusion, though. Smog is a portmanteau and their is an entry for that. It can also be spelled techno-socialism, by the way. I believe it most accurately describes the world at the beginning of the Capek play. Capek's play is ultimately a dsytopia, however, because the robots rise up and slay the humans. I don't think I invented this word or this idea but if you guys are saying that I did, well then I will be more than happy to take credit for it. I guess it just means I'll be famous someday.

Furthermore, the etymology of the word could stem directly from Technophilia.

Please also see technocracy.
 * Comment The difference is that that is a notable term frequently used by many people. This term appears to only have been used by you, and coincidentally by some other guy one time.  Understand the distinction?  See WP:NOTABILITY. -Elmer Clark 20:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)


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