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This is a record of completed deletion requests. Please put the most recent first. Questions or disputes over outcomes should be placed on the talk page.

2024

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riotor

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I believe riotor and riotors should be deleted. They are incorrect spellings. 2607:F140:6000:802A:796B:BFE9:5218:135D (talk) 21:59, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already  Y Done by WT:QD. MathXplore (talk) 03:48, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Nouns with irregular plurals, Category:Irregular nouns, and Category:Irregular parts of speech

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This category tree only contains one word. There are probably thousands more entries here for irregular nouns, and also lots of irregular verbs, but is this a useful category to have here? Lights and freedom (talk) 03:16, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) No consensus for deletion. MathXplore (talk) 06:10, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep at least two of the three. The first two seem redundant, I'll agree, unless there are noun irregularities outside of the plural (other users like Brett would be better able to answer that), but the third one is broader. I can see getting rid of one of the first two if there's consensus. The fact that they only have one word just means we haven't really used them yet, but to me, that alone is no reason to delete them. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 02:20, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was going to archive the request in the next few months, but since Brett has been mentioned at here, we may need to keep the discussion open. MathXplore (talk) 02:24, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, there are nouns in other languages with irregular gender, such as Italian mano, which looks like it should masculine but is actually feminine, but of course, English nouns eschew gender. I suppose, then, those that still have gendered forms (e.g., waiter/waitress could be seen as irregular in a sense. And then there are forms like vixen, which is irregular in that it doesn't follow the usuall -ess pattern.
Transparent nouns such as number (e.g., a number of people are... where there is a singular head but agreement with the plural oblique) might be considered irregular, but that's a syntactic irregularity, and "irregular" is mostly applied to issues of morphology. Similarly, collective nouns could be seen as syntactically irregular. Perhaps, the category could include singular-only nouns like police. I suppose words like data, which present as Latin plural but behave as English singular might count. And words like news and mathematics should count, I suppose.
Finally, words with irregular stress patterns might be included, I'm thinking of things like hotel and guitar, which by rights should be stressed on the first syllable. --Brett (talk) 11:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your comments. Some of that I knew, but some I certainly didn't. It sounds like you're saying that there are differences between nouns with irregular plurals and irregular nouns, even though you are using "could be" and "in a sense" a lot. But I'd say there's at least an argument to be made for keeping both of those cats, based on what you're saying. Let's keep all three. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 19:29, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I guess I'm saying that it really depends what someone might want to do with the categories. There are potential uses, but it strikes me as unlikely that anybody would care to gather those items together. Brett (talk) 14:08, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I guess what I might object to here is "irregular parts of speech", which seems to suggest that a whole lexical category is irregular. Don't we just want "irregular words"? I haven't paid much attention to the ontology of our category system, so I could be confused on this point. Brett (talk) 14:11, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(Note) With respect to enwiki and simplewiki CU results (w:special:redirect/logid/2718408), I have blocked this account. The editor is welcome to come back with their current main account. MathXplore (talk) 04:34, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(Update) I have contacted an uninvolved admin for discussion closure. MathXplore (talk) 02:46, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 N Not done. No consensus to delete the categories. Category:Irregular nouns can be added to words via {{irrnoun}} but it'll require a lot of work to check through each page. So I suggest fixing any incorrect use of {{irrnoun}} first, then, adding <includeonly>[[Category:Irregular nouns]]</includeonly> to {{irrnoun}}. --Min☠︎rax«¦talk¦» 15:20, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2022

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User: AnotherWriter11

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Not interested in the website anymore.Delete the profile. -- AnotherWriter11 (talk) 16:13, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contribs/Heikkikoskinen

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Technological terms/companies that is seemingly out of our project scope. Minorax (talk) 08:55, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Brett: loMinorax (talk) 09:32, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, these seem mostly out of our project scope.--Brett (talk) 11:22, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Deleted. Minorax (talk) 14:38, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

misopaedist & mesopedist

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Uncommon spelling, should be redirected to misopedist. Minorax (talk) 08:58, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed.--Brett (talk) 11:23, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Redirected. Minorax (talk) 14:38, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

misopedy

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No such word. Minorax (talk) 08:59, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed.--Brett (talk) 11:24, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Deleted. Minorax (talk) 14:38, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

equisize & equisized

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No such word. Minorax (talk) 09:32, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed.--Brett (talk) 11:24, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with deleting equisize. However equisized is an adjective relevant to several academic fields, such as humanities, sociology, mathematics, geography etc. Although its formal and intricate peculiarities makes its usage somewhat negligible, it is nonetheless still an important specialised term for complex academic equations. So delete the verb, but keep the adjective equisized. Krebcrabtree (talk) 05:20, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Deleted equisize Minorax (talk) 14:39, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

backshown

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No such word. Minorax (talk) 14:30, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Brett: Minorax (talk) 09:13, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed with Minorax. Should be deleted. Krebcrabtree (talk) 19:29, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Y deleted Minorax (talk) 03:24, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Haoreima's creations

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Seemingly out of our scope. Minorax (talk) 14:36, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Minorax Please see my reply at my talk page. Please! Haoreima (talk) 15:46, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There are some entries with literary value, such as Poseidon, Vishnu, Shiva, could be kept. Also henotheistic figures are sometimes considered of note. The rest should be deleted. Krebcrabtree (talk) 19:41, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Alternatively, I suggest using English Wiktionary as a baseline to see whether any of the above entries have entries in that space; then delete / keep accordingly. Krebcrabtree (talk) 16:17, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Krebcrabtree: AFAIK, entries created before Vishnu do not have any counterparts on en.wikt. Minorax (talk) 07:02, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Ok then, all entries created before Vishnu, or the timestamp 15:53 should be deleted. Krebcrabtree (talk) 16:51, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Brett: Mind acting on this? User is creating more out of scope stuff. Minorax (talk) 11:34, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Minorax They have their en wiktionary equivalents. Please spare them. Please! --Haoreima (talk) 13:46, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

echoistic

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No such word exists. Minorax (talk) 00:15, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The first sense is attested in "Kathleen Jamie: Essays and Poems on Her Work Rachel Falconer · 2018". The second sense is attested in "Psychiatric Annals - Volume 21, Issues 1-6 - Page 271". The third sense is attested health online and psychology today. The third sense is among the fastest growing emerging classification for DSM diagnoses. As such, I suggest keep. Krebcrabtree (talk) 05:00, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Y kept Minorax (talk) 03:25, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

wheche

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No such word exists. Minorax (talk) 04:59, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not since Middle English at least. QD.--Brett (talk) 14:01, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Y deleted Minorax (talk) 03:24, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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Out of scope. —Svārtava (t/u) • 07:33, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Y deleted Minorax (talk) 16:51, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

bindee

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No such word. Minorax (talk) 16:51, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The word has two senses. With regard to its linguistics sense, the article Binding (linguistics) on Wikipedia has 26 references using the term, indicating usage. With regard the slang sense, its mostly confined to LGBT topics such as bondage, (see this and this; as such, I have tagged it as slang. As such, for the 1st sense, I vote keep; with regards to the 2nd sense, I am non-partisan, but if kept, lean towards adding a "rare" tag. Krebcrabtree (talk) 18:43, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I find 5 instances in my Mendeley library. Keep. --Brett (talk) 00:30, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

redpilled

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Was tagged by someone else, not listed. (We know the creator from en.wikt, a notorious "incel"!) It uses inappropriately long words for simple.wikt, too. Needs cleanup at least. Equinox (talk) 16:01, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Various speedy deletion requests

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Can somebody please review Category:Quick_deletion_requests? I tagged some entries a few days back, based on errors I saw in a list of "entries not on en.wiktionary". See edit history for the reasoning for each one. Thanks. Equinox (talk) 13:29, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Y Done Minorax (talk) 14:27, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I requested speedy deletion for magnetic_tape but there are no reactions, may I have this entry be reviewed? MathXplore (talk) 07:51, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2021

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univy

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Suggest deleting this, seems made up. --Minorax (talk) 08:48, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, fake.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 20:54, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Brett: can you take a look at this? --Minorax (talk) 05:41, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
agreed. No such word.--Brett (talk) 15:59, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

alargascence

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Don't think that there is such a word. --Minorax (talk) 15:22, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, should be deleted.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 02:06, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Deleted since they aren't any objections. --Minorax (talk) 00:17, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

mgtow

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Don't think this is real. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 02:05, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rather than being deleted, this should be kept and moved to the uppercase, i.e. MGTOW, as there are 9,340 search returns on google news. Firthgerrw3 (talk) 19:17, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. --Brett (talk) 20:31, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Deleted.--Brett (talk) 20:00, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oguzen

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Don't think that this is an English word. --Minorax (talk) 04:25, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Y Deleted per G7 Author requested deletion. --Minorax (talk) 11:26, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

blackpilled

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No such word. --Minorax (talk) 00:15, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The above word has 195 Google news returns unhyphened, and 92 returns hyphened, as such I suggest its kept. Firthgerrw3 (talk) 19:17, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Those numbers are quite small, really. My vote is to delete.--Brett (talk) 20:28, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Deleted.--Brett (talk) 20:01, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

redpilled

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No such word. --Minorax (talk) 00:15, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This word has 1400 Google news returns, as such, I suggest keep.Firthgerrw3 (talk) 19:17, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This one actually has some general currency. Keep. --Brett (talk) 20:29, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

bluepilled

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No such word. --Minorax (talk) 00:15, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This term has 133 Google news returns unhyphened, and 150 returns hyphened, as such, I suggest keep.Firthgerrw3 (talk) 19:17, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. --Brett (talk) 20:29, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Deleted.--Brett (talk) 20:01, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

gatekeeper of sex

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Doesn't seem to exist. --Minorax (talk) 00:15, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. --Brett (talk) 20:29, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Deleted.--Brett (talk) 20:01, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

large integer

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Sum of parts. No other meaning. --Minorax (talk) 13:34, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. --Brett (talk) 20:30, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Deleted.--Brett (talk) 20:01, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mixo. Nyakane

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Doesn't appear to be a word. --Ferien (talk) 20:02, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

done. --Brett (talk) 20:25, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2020

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death-grip syndrome

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Doesn't really seem appropriate for a dictionary. Not a term you'll find in any dictionary. IWI (chat) 01:40, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Y Deleted. --Minorax (talk) 04:51, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dervish state, Khatumo‎ & Ayn

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Seems to be out of a dictionary's scope. --Minorax (talk) 11:44, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And yet we have lots of people names, country names, even city names...--Brett (talk) 15:00, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The former is the only African nation that survived the scramble for Africa. The latter two are its modern incarnations. As such, in the grand scheme of things, they seem to be notable in and of themselves. Cowerfythreedy (talk) 21:12, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cable News Network

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I believe that this is out of Wiktionary’s scope and should be deleted. Minorax (talk) 09:17, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

agreed.--Brett (talk) 13:49, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rickroll

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Can't find the use or definition for this. Suggest deleting it. --Minorax (talk) 05:36, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Requires a lot of cleanup, seems like something from urban dictionary. Is deserving of an article (albeit at rickroll and not Rickroll, but I believe it should be Deleted in its current state). Naleksuh (talk) 08:27, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
If this can be fixed, it can be kept IMO. Minorax (talk) 09:19, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Brett: Thoughts? Minorax (talk) 09:19, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Minorax: Since this is derived from the name "Rick" (a person's name), shouldn't it actually be at the original location (Rickroll)? --IWI (talk) 23:24, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@ImprovedWikiImprovement: We generally follow en.wikt’s way of spelling and generally, only proper nouns starts with a capital letter (unless I’m misunderstanding something here). Minorax (talk) 03:39, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

deobesify & deobesification

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I'm inclined to delete this two. Deleted on en.wikt as an invented word. --Minorax (talk) 04:49, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not a real word. Thought about rfd'ing it myself, but preferred not to with my small experience here. Naleksuh (talk) 08:25, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mahdi'ism and Mahdi'ist

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Suggest deleting these two. Questionable suitability for a dictionary (even enwikt does not have these terms). Hiàn (talk) 15:06, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed.--Brett (talk) 17:58, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Mahdiism and Mahdiist should also be included in this request. Hiàn (talk) 18:00, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Deleted. --Minorax (talk) 03:31, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2019

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femcel

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No quick deletion criteria applies here - word definitely exists but I can't see enough widespread usage for an entry like this to be within our scope. Hiàn (talk) 04:42, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Close as deleted after no objections. Hiàn (talk) 03:30, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Memory Mining

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Memory mining as a phrase doesn't exist. It is not on Wiktionary and there is only one hit for this phrase on Google which doesn't make this a widely-used phrase. Pkbwcgs (talk) 13:15, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted under A4. Thanks for all your help finding these pages. Hiàn (talk) 17:06, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2018

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Template:welcomeg

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Unused and redundant to Template:welcomeq except Template:welcomeq has one extra sentence at the bottom for that welcome message. Pkbwcgs (talk) 17:32, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Template:cite news

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This template is unused and may not be used as this is mostly used in referencing and there is no referencing in Simple English Wiktionary. Pkbwcgs (talk) 17:24, 16 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Zoroastrianism

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Not a particularly notable religion to be on Wiktionary. Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:49, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adding the rest of the religions that fall under this rationale, also created by the same user.
Thanks, Hiàn (talk) 22:22, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Unitarian Universalism

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Not particularly notable enough for an entry, unnecessary. Hiàn (talk) 20:25, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Definitely not notable and unnecessary. Pkbwcgs (talk) 13:44, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

For the same reason as well, I am also going to nominate these following pages for deletion:

Thanks. Pkbwcgs (talk) 16:37, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

All these entries are also unnecessary:

Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:28, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

jew

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Jew exists and it is also a proper noun so it is incorrect that this entry exists. Also, rfd for jews for the same reason. Pkbwcgs (talk) 20:40, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2017

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British Empire

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This entry should be deleted, its sum of its parts, what else would British+Empire mean other than the countries that were ruled by the Kingdom of Britain/Britain and Ireland/Britain and Northern Ireland?Leucostictes (talk) 01:30, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yard Sprinkler Winterization Avoid The state of michigan Winter Damage

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Looks like trolling to me.Leucostictes (talk) 15:40, 7 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

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Sum of its parts. Leucostictes (talk) 23:11, 2 September 2017 (UTC) I see its been deleted, my mistake. Leucostictes (talk) 23:13, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Closed and deleted. Leucostictes (talk) 03:30, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

teleiophilia

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Very unusual term, very rarely used Leucostictes (talk) 23:11, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delete Very unusual term. Leucostictes (talk) 03:32, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

hebephilia

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Very unusual term, very rarely used. Leucostictes (talk) 23:11, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delete for reasons stated above. Also, it is a somewhat unusual diagnosis, unlike ephebophilia its abnormal enough to sometimes warrant a diagnosis, but it usually does not.Leucostictes (talk) 03:32, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ephebophilia

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Not a term anyone in real life uses, rarely used by mental health professionals because sexual attraction to 15-19 year olds by significantly older adults is not usually viewed as pathological, so even from a scientific standpoint there is little justification for the entry. Leucostictes (talk) 23:11, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delete For reasons stated above.Leucostictes (talk) 03:31, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Congo Free State

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Barras told me "we don't need entries on every possible former country", I see no reason for this bad entry I created to be kept. Leucostictes (talk) 23:11, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delete For reasons Barras stated for the other entries I created.Leucostictes (talk) 03:31, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

dialetheism

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Its not possible for a person to believe in dialetheism, and dialetheism is a very rare word, that no one except ivory tower crackpots uses. So I think the entry should be deleted.Leucostictes (talk) 03:21, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Closed and deleted.Leucostictes (talk) 03:30, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fuchsia

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Another page named fuchsia exists with a very similar meaning. I don't think both words are required. There is no difference between both words. Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:30, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2015

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admissiblities

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I misspelled this due to a typo, I already created the correct replacement,[1].PaulBustion87 (talk) 08:27, 24 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of sense 3 of adult

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Sense 3 of adult, [2], says, "An adult is person who has completed puberty and/or is mentally mature." That should be deleted, because it is not a definition that is used much. The normal definition of adult is a person who has reached the legal age of majority, and that is generally a person who has existed for 18 years or more. On Simple English wikipedia I used the word that way, to say a pedophile was "an adult 16 years or older" who wanted sex with children, and an editor said, [3] "I restored the content because the editor added faulty language, such as calling a 16-year-old an adult even though 16-year-olds are not usually viewed as adults." Here,[4], a different editor said, "Part of the reason that adolescents are wrongly described as adults/men/women on several articles on Simple is that blocked editor FDR (and his socks) frequently described them as such." [5] PaulBustion87 (talk) 03:40, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RFD is for deleting an entire entry. If you think a sense should be deleted, be bold.--Brett (talk) 00:29, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I deleted the third sense.PaulBustion87 (talk) 04:37, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:P+clause and Template:P+PP

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I don't see this template used anywhere, and I cannot think of any possible use cases for it. I propose that these templates, along with the categories (Category:Prepositions with PP complements and Category:Prepositions with clause complements), be deleted. --Hydriz (talk) 09:27, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I created this article, but now regret creating it. Although it is a real legal concept, technically speaking the term age of consent does not ever (or almost never) appears in government documents. Also on English wikipedia some editors criticized me for using the term, saying that it was a made up term that governments do not use. It is not really a good way to describe the laws about sex and age anyway because it does not use sex in the term, so I kind of dislike the term. Its sort of like pro-life and pro-choice, I dislike those terms because they fail to specifically reference abortion. I dislike this term because this term fails to specifically reference sex, its one a person has a hard time understanding, which is another reason I think it should be deleted. And I would not like it to be changed to age of sexual consent either, because then it would just be the sum of its parts. --PaulBustion88 (talk) 04:50, 5 May 2015(UTC)

Withdrawn by requester. --Hydriz (talk) 09:27, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

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The Sudan when it was a colony ruled by the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Egypt. That's just the sum of its parts, what else would Anglo+Egyptian+Sudan mean? I created the article and regret creating it. It should be deleted.--PaulBustion88 (talk) 06:50, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep I see nothing wrong with keeping this entry. A notable subject and not exactly a sum of parts. --Hydriz (talk) 13:33, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Delete I, the creator of the entry, have changed my mind and think it is a sum of its parts term. Sudan is a country in northern Africa, Anglo means "of or related to England or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", Egyptian means "of or related to Egypt". So anyone who knows the meanings of those words can infer that since its words means British Egyptian and Sudan, that when combined they mean the Sudan when it was a colony ruled jointly by the U.K.G.B.I./U.K.G.B.N.I and Egypt.--PaulBustion88 (talk) 19:19, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Barras told me that my adding "weird proper nouns" such as different Soviet Socialist Republics was a mistake, and readers of this wiki are looking for useful words. If the different Soviet Socialist Republics do not belong here, then no case can be made that this entry I created, the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan belongs here. The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was just the Sudan when it was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland/Northern Ireland and Egypt, it was not an independent country in fact or in name, and it was not important. The different republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were nominally independent, and two of them, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, were founding members of the United Nations, so they were more important in their own right than the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was in its own right. So if the entry about the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic needed to be deleted, as Barras did, then this entry I created about the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan should also be deleted. PaulBustion88 (talk) 10:02, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral I do not have an opinion on whether the entry should be kept or not. It is up to the other editors. I'm not insisting on anything. PaulBustion88 (talk) 06:58, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2014

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All pages in Category:Pakistan

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I have nothing against Pakistan or anything related to it, but it is getting a little annoying to see so many districts of Pakistan having articles here. If we have entries on every district in every country, we might as well be Wikipedia. I hence propose that we delete all the pages in this category and just keep Pakistan and Pakistani. --Hydriz (talk) 02:21, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 Y Deleted, new pages can be deleted on sight --Hydriz (talk) 02:14, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wiktionary:List of simple verbs

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I believe there is nothing neutral and objective on that list. It appears to be a collection of randomly selected verbs which could be seen as simple, but there is no indication that the verbs listed there are simple or not. There's no explanation what or based on what background a verb may be listed. I could argue and ask why to post is not listed there but abide. -Barras talk 16:31, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and deleted it now, I guess there won't be much more input here anyway. -Barras talk 14:38, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

steage

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I believe this adjective, its comparative steager, and its superlative steagest, to not be a real word. Purplebackpack89 00:18, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

unglovable

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This word seems to have been made up. A quick search yields no results of substance. --Hydriz (talk) 09:14, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2013

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marijuanas

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I don't think "marijuana" is countable. For example, en:marijuana doesn't list a plural. πr2 (talk • changes) 06:13, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

texsuasion

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I think this is a made-up word. I can't find any hits on Google for this, not even simple.wiktionary. πr2 (talk • changes) 01:28, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per nom. No hits means it is extremely unlikely anyone is looking for this word. Griffinofwales (talk) 01:47, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Deleted on the grounds that such a word does not exist at all. Google searches only point to the page in question. --Hydriz (talk) 09:55, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

onion

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We all know what onion is, but the definition that is given on the page isn't really what it is. I tried to improve it, but can't find a proper way to describe it myself. Unless someone can help to improve it, I would vote to delete this page so as to avoid confusing our readers. --Hydriz (talk) 15:03, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

scene change

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I think we should delete it. It is not listed as own word in dictionaries as it is formed of scene and change. I don't think we need articles on compared words. -Barras talk 19:19, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep: Deleting this would say that we're moving towards adopting SOP. I'm not comfortable with SOP on EN, and even less so here, where you can't assume the leaps of faith needed to make SOP work. Purplebackpack89 (talk) 19:48, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Anyone with even a simple grasp of english that knows what "scene" means will know what a scene change is. Redundant definition even if it is a frequently used term in the video business.--96.51.38.246 (talk) 01:48, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Deleted. There are concerns raised about the adoption of SOP, but I believe the meaning is easily derived from the specific words itself. Such words may be considered for re-creation in the future, but I believe we should focus on creating individual words for now, or else it is going to be a lot of creations of words such as this, which is not going to be very constructive for English Language learners. --Hydriz (talk) 10:00, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

whore hole‎

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Has also been nominated on enwikt. -Barras talk 14:21, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

keep. This word gets hits on google, I thought I made it up until I searched it. I was actually disappointed to find that I had not created it. Their are many listings of it including the urban dictionary, not that helps. I get the feeling that the urban dic is not much liked aruond here. Anyway, many hits on google, its real. Im no scholar and if the definition makes no sense please help fix it. Thanks Sonic Matrix (talk) 23:17, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Putting this request on hold pending the result of the nomination on enwikt. --Hydriz (talk) 05:59, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Deleted as deletion request was approved on the English Wiktionary. --Hydriz (talk) 15:06, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2012

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Priming (psychology)

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I moved the definition to priming, I don't think we need to keep this old version of the page (and the title uses Wikipedia-style disambiguation + capital letter at the beginning). πr2 (talk • changes) 19:30, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jindalled

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This term was made up from an external website (see this). This entry thus does not fit into this Wiktionary since it has been made up and there is no official sources supporting the existence of this term.

Template:1911

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Unused as well, and probably won't ever be needed on a Wiktionary.  Hazard-SJ  ✈  00:41, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Fact

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Unused. Do we source entries, by the way? --  Hazard-SJ  ✈  00:38, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Appendices

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These aren't entries, and I almost feel safe saying they aren't used here. Besides, we don't even have an Appendix namespace here. --  Hazard-SJ  ✈  23:34, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see the problem with having Appendices. The fact that they are not entries is irrelevant. Talk pages and help pages aren't entries either.--Brett (talk) 14:55, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Before I can close this, I suggest the action of keeping such appendix pages, but they would be moved to the Help: namespace (i.e. Appendix:Adjective -> Help:Adjective). Is everybody okay with this arrangement? (It is worth noting however, that we should indeed apply for the creation of the Appendix: namespace in the future when more of such pages are created in the future. These pages don't belong to the Help: or Wiktionary: namespace at all) --Hydriz (talk) 15:10, 25 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that makes sense.--Brett (talk) 15:12, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I'm fine with that.  Hazard-SJ  ✈  19:09, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, as I proposed above. :P πr2 (talk • changes) 03:51, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Kept but moved to the Help: namespace. I am keeping the redirect since it does not count towards the article count. --Hydriz (talk) 03:59, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the redirects should be okay.  Hazard-SJ  ✈  22:31, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Coofer

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This looks like a hoax, and there's no English equivalent, but I'm not 100% sure so I didn't CSD it Purplebackpack89 (talk) 20:31, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks for bringing this up. There isn't such a word I know of, so I would say delete it. --Hydriz (talk) 01:38, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I can't find this online at all (except here). Delete as hoax or coined word. πr2 (talk • changes) 15:17, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm... I'd say delete too. The most I managed to find was this, which is an entirely different definition. It seems a few people probably have the name too, but there is mention of neither on the page, so...  Hazard-SJ  ✈  19:09, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

pearl eye patch

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Has also been deleted on enwikt. -Barras talk 14:21, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

animalitism

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This word does not exist in the English dictionary. To avoid confusing our readers, I would suggest to delete this page. --Hydriz (talk) 08:51, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It has been submitted to Oxford- should hear back very soon! —This unsigned comment was added by 76.87.97.97 (talk • contribs) .
Yes, this is a great word, I have discussed this concept with many, though never heard of the definition. Keep this online! —This unsigned comment was added by 149.136.33.253 (talk • contribs) .

Delete. Looks like a neologism that hasn't caught on. Osiris (talk) 02:36, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted. Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 09:36, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Aum (god)

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I doubt that this is a real English word, cf. [7] -Barras talk 19:31, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Aum means god or energy in yoga and Hinduism, any yogi can attest to that. —This unsigned comment was added by Rramlall (talk • contribs) .
Not going to be sure whether its an English word, but it doesn't seem to fit into a Wiktionary, but better to be at Wikipedia instead. I would say delete and transwiki import it into the Simple English Wikipedia. --Hydriz (talk) 07:32, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, although maybe a good enclyclopedia topic - there may be too little content here to transwiki. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 02:50, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Deleted. Not an English word. Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 09:37, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

oritholelliun

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Does not seem to be an English word to me (is it even a word at all?) --Hydriz (talk) 10:56, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can't find it in my dictionary... I'd say delete.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 17:14, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Deleted --Hydriz (talk) 10:24, 6 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

quantum particle

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This looks like an encyclopedic article, but it somehow looks like it can fit here. Putting this page up for discussion. --Hydriz (talk) 15:00, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Y Deleted as encyclopaedic entry. -Barras talk 13:53, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cow Truck

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This is some kind of neologism, probably made up by a student of the university mentioned. It doesn't appear to be used enough to have been put on Urbandictionary.com yet. It might have even been just made up yesterday. -- Osiris (talk) 16:31, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Y Done This page has been deleted by Barras (talk · changes) --Hydriz (talk) 10:22, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2011

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Category:Kashmir

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Virtually empty category now that Kashmir-related vandlized articles have been deleted. No similar category exists on EN, despite they having considerably more entries. Also, categorized under "Countries" even though Kashmir, last I checked, ain't a country Purplebackpack89 (talk) 02:11, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Done.--Brett (talk) 15:34, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

raptorial bird

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Checking a few dictionaries, I don't see this term listed. I think this is more encyclopedic content than something in a dictionary. The two words are fine on their own, but I don't think the phrase is for a dictionary.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 21:24, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the request. explanation here.--Brett (talk) 11:27, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Porosrikatorota

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Checking online and text dictionaries I cannot find anything to suggest this word exists in English.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 17:24, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

kung fus

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As far as I can tell, this is not an actual word in the English language. I checked two online and one print dictionary for the word.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 02:56, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To my knowledge, there is only kung fu. Delete. Griffinofwales (talk) 03:10, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've never heard kung fu used in the plural - I always thought it was uncountable, like a lot of other sports are (there is rugby and table tennis, for instance, but not rugbys or table tennises). The en.wikt entry would confirm this. My vote is to delete (and don't forget to mark the singular entry as {{uncountable}}). Tempodivalse [talk] 03:55, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I couldn't find it attested in sufficient numbers to justify its inclusion here. I've deleted it.--Brett (talk) 12:35, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

itinerod

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As indicated on the talk page of the entry, I haven't found this word in any online dictionary, and there are only a few hits for it on Google, mostly on random forums - it appears that it's an obscure Internet meme that never took off. With no offence intended to the page's creator, I doubt its verifiability and usefulness and propose it be deleted. Tempodivalse [talk] 19:54, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The page has been speedy-deleted by user:Brett. I guess this can be closed now ... Tempodivalse [talk] 22:02, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2010

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Wiktionary:Vandalism in progress

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I don't think we need a VIP page, it's too detailed and complex for our needs. We're a small wiki with very little vandalism, and the admin noticeboard or simple talk should be sufficient for reports. IMO this page isn't necessary and is just another page to maintain. Tempodivalse [talk] 17:45, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nuked -Barras (talk) 13:55, 25 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

chemical compound

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This definition is not only complex but also a sum of parts. Chemical is an adjective and compound is a noun; therefore they should be two separate words with separate entries. TeleComNasSprVen (talk) 21:22, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's a line long! You can simplify it. Also, it is on enWikt, which in my mind, gives it notability here. Griffinofwales (talk) 22:14, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Definite keep - 'chemical compound' has its own meaning outside of the words 'chemical' and 'compound'. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 19:49, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Complexity is not a reason by itself to delete the whole entry - surely we can simplify it instead? Although they are indeed different words, when joined together create a whole new meaning, as Arbitrarily0 notes. That, and the fact that en.wikt has it, makes me think it's probably better to keep this. Tempodivalse [talk] 23:42, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Result: Kept per no support for deletion in several weeks' time.

Mitt

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Doesn't seem to be a very notable given name, but I'm not sure of our policy on this. Your thoughts? Arbitrarily0 (talk) 13:40, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking of Mitt Romney Mitt is his first name. --72.73.84.124 (talk) 14:02, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep While not very common, it's an accepted English name nonetheless and I think it's worth keeping. I don't believe we have a policy on proper names though. Something to bring up at simple talk? Tempodivalse [talk] 17:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree, if we don't have a policy, it's definitely something we could consider making. I couldn't find any policy on it myself (so I just nominated it for deletion because en.wiktionary didn't have an entry on it). That said, we certainly don't have to be en.wiktionary. Cheers, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 17:57, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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This little project was abandoned 4+ years ago. I think it is high time we finally delete it and remove it from the pages it is on. Let's be honest--who can honestly say they care that foot was the word of the day March 13, 2006? If this project or a similar one (e.g. word of the week) were to ever get picked up again, we probably would not (read: we really shouldn't) clutter up our pages with a template stating when it was the word of the day/week because there is no point: no one cares and it's not interesting or relevant in any way. English Wiktionary certainly doesn't do it and I'm sure it's for this very reason. · Tygrrr... 15:51, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Result: Delete - Can someone write a bot for the removal or shall I ask someone from WP with bot experience? -Barras (talk) 08:56, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Y Done - I took the liberty to go ahead and do this. It looked like there were too many variations (each transclusion had different parameters, in a different place, and with different "<br>"s) to make configuring a bot for this worthwhile. I did it by hand instead, but under User:Arbitrarily0Bot (see changes). Cheers, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 12:30, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I just deleted the template. -Barras (talk) 14:13, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Spoiler

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I just stumbled on this. Seems like it was imported from en.wp since the history has a single edit from 2004. It's not linked anywhere. Since we're not in the business of providing plot summaries or spoilers, I suggest it be deleted. Tempodivalse [talk] 20:54, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Brett (talk) 21:45, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

stolichanaya

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I believe that this word is outside of the scope of the Simple English Wiktionary and therefore, should be removed. Razorflame 21:50, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, it's a Russian vodka, which IMO doesn't put in the scope of any dictionary. Griffinofwales (talk) 21:52, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as outside Wiktionary's score, and if possible, move to Wikipedia and improve the article there. Pmlineditor ∞ 08:40, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Transwiki per above. I-20 (talk) 18:33, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This isn't in SEWT's scope, definitely. I'd support a transwiki to simple.wp if it meets their criteria for inclusion, and remove it from here. Tempodivalse [talk] 22:40, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted - Wasn't needed to transfer to Wikipedia. Content would've been deleted there as well. -Barras talk 10:43, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2009

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Womens aid

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Result:Deleted as spam by User:Tygrrr. Cheers, Razorflame

protogalaxy

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Hi there all. I would like to nominate protogalaxy for deletion for a few reasons. The first reason I think it should be deleted is because it isn't that easy of a word and probably, for lack of a better way of putting this, doesn't need to be included in the Simple English Wiktionary at this time. My second reason for requesting deletion of this is because it does not have a page on any other Wiktionary currently. While this alone isn't a good reason for deletion, it still has a bit of influence on whether or not I believe that this article should be deleted or not. What do you all think about this? Cheers, Razorflame 01:15, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • None of the reasons given are good ones. Simple Wiktionary aims at explaining words in an easily understandable way for non-native speakers, even words that are quite scientific or technical like this one. Furthermore, this word is not particularly difficult to explain. Nebogipfel 08:18, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Fair enough. If you think that it is an alright word, then I think it is an alright word as well. Consider this request for deletion withdrawn. Cheers, Razorflame 14:21, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2008

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Category:Old words

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"Old words" is extremely vague for a category. Exactly what merits a word to be "old"? -- TBC 07:46, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • I think we could maybe include this category on {{obsolete}}. It's probably what it was originally intended for. I agree with you that "Old words" is not really a good choice for the Cat title though. I would suggest a rename to something more specific and more accurate, perhaps something like "Words with obsolete meanings" (not totally simple) or "Words with meanings that are no longer used" (a little wordy). I can see the purpose of a category like this, I just don't think it's accurately named. · Tygrrr... 16:12, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • The way to rename cats includes deleting the old one, and I agree, this one might as well go. - tholly --Talk-- 16:55, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Result: Deleted. No pages were in this category, so it was quick deleted under the empty category clause for quick deletion. Razorflame 00:13, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Further result: Upon the creation of the new template, {{old context}}, this category has been recreated and populated. Razorflame 18:28, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More accurately, upon adding the category to the template {{old}}, it has now been populated according to my original idea that the category is useful. It may still need to be renamed, but since there was no consensus to rename it remains "Category:Old words". · Tygrrr... 22:48, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

as different as daylight and dark‎

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This "phrase" only gets 766 hits on Google [8]. I, for one, have never heard of it. (I've heard of opposites compared as being "like night and day" but never this.) Does this "phrase" really qualify as common enough to have its own page here? I would say no. · Tygrrr... 21:25, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Result: deleted - · Tygrrr... 15:55, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Simple English - German

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Result: deleted - ><font color="green"Tygrrr -talk- 14:38, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2007

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Editing Wiktionary:BNC spoken freq 01

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Deleted by Brett 01:14, 4 January 2007 (the person who made it). --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 21:00, 12 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]
This page is improperly named and duplicated with Wiktionary:BNC spoken freq 01, both created by the same user Brett on 14 August 2006.--Jusjih 15:29, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2006

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pervious

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Deleted. --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 04:35, 3 August 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Typing error, requested by creator. Kappa 22:17, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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