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- 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 keep. The dictionary entries are the prevailing argument here. Tone 13:58, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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delete as per WP:NEO. this sounds like a marketing term. the neutraity of the article is questionable. large quantity of OR.
Strong Delete - for above reasons Jw2035 (talk) 16:08, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: we have a whole category named similarly. It seems a notable topic, even if the name used here is a neologism (which it probably is). Powers T 17:27, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. Greg Tyler (t • c) 21:56, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong keep - Breaks with WP:NEO due for instance use by reliable sources. There are 73 000 google hits for Exergaming, including such as this: Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, MSNBC and WordSpy. -Snorre/Antwelm (talk) 22:25, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Not a neologism.--ZXCVBNM (TALK) 04:46, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep – term already under widespread use by the media (see gNews search for examples), particularly with the dawn of the Wii Fit. MuZemike 04:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong Keep - The word has been entered into Collins (not searachable online) and MacMillan English dictionaries [1]Wowowwiki (talk) 08:02, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- 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.