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The result was keep. John254 00:05, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Homosociality[edit]

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I'm not digging this page. The term looks like a neologism, and has been tagged for references for most of 2007. It strikes me as a promotional page for certain academics. In any case, a "citation needed" tag on a claim that the term is frequently used has been ignored since February, suggesting that the term is not used much even within the sociological community. Betsy Heavans (talk) 00:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

comment seems like a legitimate term and idea, more than a neologism, but it is not sourced. eitherway it has a sister article heterosocial.LessThanClippers (talk) 00:41, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I've put a prod tag on the even shorter sister article. Betsy Heavans (talk) 00:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep needs work though, thought i'd never heard of it before it does appear to be in frequent use and quite well documented. -- Ļıßζېấשּׂ~ۘ Ώƒ ﻚĢęخ (talk) 01:19, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This concept is well-documented in the social sciences. The article is too focused on a single reference, but this isn't a problem with the topic itself, and it can easily be remedied. Valerius (talk) 02:49, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep over 9000 articles on Google Scholar - I haven't vetted them, but even if only 1% of them are reliable - this concept is notable. Fosnez (talk) 11:01, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Hardly a neologism, as it has been used at least since the 1970s in thousands of articles (as mentioned above) and hundreds of books (check Google Books). --Itub (talk) 12:58, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 13:19, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: I certainly found references to it when I was studying Arthurian Literature at University.

Duggy 1138 (talk) 20:53, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy Keep. Notable. Queerudite (talk) 02:06, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, appears to be a notable term that would get usage even outside the likes of gender studies and sociology.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 05:54, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - this appears to be a notable field of scholarship within sociology. Aleta (Sing) 15:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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