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The result was delete. Skomorokh 00:29, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Liseuse[edit]

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Originally prodded. Term is a French synonym for E-book reader (See french e-book reader page). No evidence that this term has widespread usage in English. See this forum. Jujutacular^talk_contribs 15:01, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I was just about to update the page with some relevant refences and a rewrite, the text is now posted on the article's discussion page. --Xero (talk) 15:10, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The only source I see that have you referenced is the mobileread forums (here) which I already mentioned in my nomination. A forum does not qualify as a reliable source. Take a look at the Wikipedia guidelines about reliable sources - WP:RS. If you can find multiple reliable sources that use the term, I would happily endorse a redirect/merge. Jujutacular^talk_contribs 17:45, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or Redirect to Liseuse desk. WP:NEOLOGISM. Pburka (talk) 18:10, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This word is not a neologism in the sense it has not been 'coined' - merely coopted from another language. AprilHare (talk) 23:14, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can you provide evidence of that claim? Wikipedia requires reliable sources for verification. Like I said above, I would happily endorse a redirect if sources can be found. Forums are not reliable sources. JUJUTACULAR 04:35, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or Redirect . Wikipedia is not a dictionary. This word might belong to French version of Wikipedia - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livrel —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.98.17.195 (talk) 12:42, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hmmm looks like we may get some canvasing http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56360 ©Geni 22:37, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like someone didn't read the "This is not an election" policy. The responses are pretty funny though.--RDBury (talk) 05:39, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That wasn't an election!... this is: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56418 :D AprilHare (talk) 12:50, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a democracy. Please read Wikipedia:Articles for deletion#AfD Wikietiquette. Basically, this is supposed to be a forum for rational arguments either for or against keeping the article. You've stated your argument and you're welcome to comment on other people's arguments. Instead, you're trying recruit people who don't know anything about this process to come in and influence the "vote".--RDBury (talk) 11:08, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That is a misrepresentation. I am not recruiting anyone. And I think you are belittling Wikipedia users. I merely raised an issue, somewhere else. AprilHare (talk) 12:41, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If I'm misrepresenting your actions then I apologize. People can follow the links above and judge for themselves. I was trying to point out that the discussion created on that external forum seems, at least to me, inappropriate and not particularly helpful to your case.--RDBury (talk) 02:29, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Not sure what the content is supposed to be; it seems to be an article about a word in another language. We already have an article for e-books and it links to a French version if people want to learn the French terminology. If you put Liseuse in the the French WP you get a disambiguation page that doesn't list the e-book use, so apparently the meaning given in the article is not the primary one. Even if it were, should we have articles on every possible translation of English terms into another language? It's hard to see how this would pass WP:IINFO or WP:N.--RDBury (talk) 05:33, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or Redirect to List of e-book readers. -- AWriterWandering (talk) 12:10, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Would be best being deleted since it's all a bunch of nonsense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.107.84 (talk) 21:52, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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