Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Textologist

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. Jayjg ^(talk) 01:31, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Textologist[edit]

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Neologism, original research, lacks citations Halestock (talk) 16:38, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, thaqt's pretty much what I said when nominated for PROD. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 16:39, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- Seconded. There are plenty of references to textologists online...selling "i'm a textologist" t-shirts. (Steelerdon (talk) 16:48, 28 December 2009 (UTC))[reply]
Delete (WP:OR, WP:NEO, WP:V) and redirect to text linguistics. Textology, in academic circles, is used to refer to this topic, and textology already redirects there. Pburka (talk) 16:57, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – enough independent – verifiable – creditable sources from the likes of Google Scholar as shown here [1] . Even their own web-page, as shown here [2], and enough hits on plain old Google, as shown here [3] to establish notability. Thanks ShoesssS ^Talk 19:35, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You mighyt want to read a few of those ghits. Most mention textologist as someone who studies text as in written text, not sms messaging. With respect that arguement doesn't really hold a lot of weight IMHO.Hell In A Bucket (talk) 19:38, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – is not “…sms messaging’’ written text. Or have I missed something? Thanks ShoesssS ^Talk 19:48, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A textologist could study SMS messages, but that's not what this article describes. This article uses a made-up term to describe an SMS marketer. The scholarly articles you linked to use the term in the context of text linguistics (textology), not marketing. Pburka (talk) 22:10, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
All of your [3] (at least for the first several pages that I waded through), except for the one result linking to this article, are hawking t-shirts which brag about being a/loving a/envying a textologist. Other arguments, as mentioned, are also flawed. (Steelerdon (talk) 04:49, 30 December 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Delete. This proposes that A textologist is an individual that specializes in the development of Short Message Service (SMS) messaging that uses the cell phone exclusively as the delivery technology. Sounds like spam to me, in both senses. Redirect per Pburka, good catch. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 19:45, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is a not as of yet notable neologism. JBsupreme (talk) 22:04, 28 December 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.