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The cleanup page is a place where articles with problems (ungrammatical, poorly formatted, confusing, etc.) can be listed. Any user can fix or list articles here. Older cleanup: :Category:Cleanup by month. Pages are archived by month, but are still in need of cleanup (or de-listing if they have already been cleaned up). :Category:Cleanup by month ---- If you are here because you have found a page that needs attention, you are encouraged to be bold and edit the page yourself to fix the problem. If for some reason you don't have the expertise to fix the problems yourself, for example because you don't know enough about the relevant subject, you can request the attention of other editors as follows: # Check "Resources for maintenance and collaboration" an insert text box on the right, to make sure there is not a more appropriate page on which to list the article. # Add the most specific applicable tag to the article or its talk page (note that having a cleanup tag will be distracting for readers, so only add them to articles if there is a good reason). See Cleanup resources. For general problems, use (it is no longer necessary to use cleanup-date) # Add your listing under today's date (UTC). Create a new section if yours is the first listing of the day. # Explain what needs to be done in a brief but specific manner in the article's talk page. (Keep in mind not everyone who sees the cleanup tag on the article will see your central listing.) ---- # Sign your name, date and time by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) # Also remember that you can submit an article in need of cleanup to the Cleanup Taskforce (which is always looking for members). For more detailed information about this page, see Wikipedia:Cleanup process. Just to let everyone know, there were 11328 articles tagged for cleanup as of 15:14, 03 December 2005 (UTC). This means that we are working on an astounding 1.336% of Wikipedia's articles. Most of these articles can be found under :Category:Cleanup by month and are not listed below. Anything you can do to help clear the backlog would be greatly appreciated.

December 13, 2005

- Lost & found Pet Web sites - Readable, but not encyclopedic at all, needs style and tone overhaul. Chris the speller 04:56, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
- Altporn - Needs better style and tone.
- I tried to correct some of the words and sentences on Altporn. EliF 13:20, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
- M.O.D. Needs a much better article tone Avador 19:53, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

December 12, 2005

- Somatic cell - very sloppy. Zafiroblue05 22:42, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- The_Fabric_of_the_Cosmos- "Greene's language is witty and irresistible" hardly counts as NPOV, among other problems. AustinZ 21:30, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- Sub-regions of Finland - The article shows map of Finland with regions numbered, however in the text they are without numbers and ordered obviously differently. Somebody in the know of Finland geography might put the numbers to regions. Ruziklan 21:15, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- ~~Fever - The first image division is overlapping content on this article. No idea how to fix that. Veluet 18:51, 12 December 2005 (UTC)~~ :seems to be fixed now. Noelle De Guzman 15:04, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
- Robert Siodmak - Seems to be taken from a book (I'm not sure). Anyhow, it needs to be wikified and also divided into sections to make it readable. (Entheta 18:38, 12 December 2005 (UTC))
- John shipherd- ~~needs to be wikified and others changes need to be made~~ ::Speedy copyvio'd (comes from [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=341 here]). Tearlach 21:36, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- The Violent Threats - needs some work. Not sure if it is worth keeping on Wikipedia so others can decide - (Erebus555 18:33, 12 December 2005 (UTC))
- I've AFDd it. The JPS 16:48, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
- Music of the United States - Well sourced and well written piece looks like Featured Article ambitions gone awry. 59k, yet fails to cover Jazz. Substantive revisions ceased several months ago. Needs ruthless editing and topical completion. Durova 19:10, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- Television of the United States - Substantial writing suffers from poor citations and incoherent organization. Part of the Arts of the United States series, this tries to cover the business of television while shortchanging the content. Fails to address several fundamental issues such as the difference between filmed and taped situation comedy. Durova 19:10, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- InterPride / IALGPC - Needs wikification and some rewrite. Not sure if article is notworthy as I know nothing about them, but google has almost 34K results listed [http://www.google.com/search?q=InterPride&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official] - PS2pcGAMER 22:37, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- Boldenone Undecylenate - A new page. Non-encyclopedic tone, and I can't even begin to understand what it is.

December 11, 2005

- Joshua Nkomo - some formating work is needed, some of the claims probably should be verified and edited to conform to NPOV
- List of mesons - inconsistent use of .
- Meson - mess of tables, notes, and .
- ~~Navigation_acts - Needs cleaned up, wikified.~~
- Ted Harris - Not sure if this article is serious but it may need to be deleted altogether.
- Ram%C3%B3n Mercader - Article about Trotsky's assassin is poorly organized and difficult to follow. BOARshevik 06:36, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- ~~Donald Breckenridge - Looks like one of his family wrote it or something~~
- If Activision45 thinks that it is an encyclopedia article now, I don't. Way too informal, also needs to be wikified. - Mike Rosoft 13:35, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- I've tidied this up a bit, but it needs more content, although I don't think this person is really very notable. NicM 14:19, 12 December 2005 (UTC).
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Collapse! - terrible spelling and organisation, needs wikification. Probably could use some real prose, too. Johnleemk | Talk 11:11, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Mr. Krueger's Christmas looks like a cut and paste? Needs cleanup anywaySteve-O 13:09, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Hercules (1983 movie) Steve-O 13:42, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- WIlliam Vernor Howard - The title is all wrong for one. But this seems like it was made by someone who hates him alot but who also might love him alot. Needs work, possibly deleting. (Erebus555 14:56, 11 December 2005 (UTC))
- Uberto Zanolli Seems partially translated from Spanish and/or Italian. I did some cleanup, but many words escape me - corrs, catedratic, ponencies. Chris the speller 19:29, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Dambitis ~~is basically a useful article, but needs wikification, and needs to be moved (I'm not quite sure where to though). Aecis ^praatpaal 21:01, 11 December 2005 (UTC)~~ :Cleaned up, and moved to Roberts Dambitis. Tearlach 19:19, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- Le fantôme de la liberté is an unwikified textdump. Aecis ^praatpaal 21:11, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Filevault - messy, non-encylopedic voice, cribbed from Apple page, etc. --Sirimiri 22:00, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Beraboh Man - More a collection of trivia about the game than an article for an encyclopedia. - Mike Rosoft 10:56, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
December 10, 2005

- Fisherface - face recognition software, apparently. You'd never guess.... needs links, context, wikifying etc. TheMadBaron 04:17, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Columbia University Marching Band - Sounds like it was written by a member and has a non-encyclopedic tone. It also needs to be better organized. Donbas 00:28, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Long Island University C.W. Post Campus - This article about a notable Long Island college just goes on and on about campus life. ErikNY 18:16, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- Hendrick Hamel - Two big sections look like they were copied from somewhere and are a mess. One of them is in another language. They look suspiciously like copyright violations too. wknight94 16:06, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- Horace Ridler and Omi the Great - not my kind of topic really, but a pair of articles worth merging (see Talk:Horace Ridler. Tearlach 14:35, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- List of fiction that breaks the fourth wall - the article contains extremely long lists without any uniform formatting of the items, making finding anything extremely difficult --Ilyag 17:42, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- Joey Greco - it reads like a resume. The edit history shows that the subject wrote the entry about himself. The subject has ~500,000 google hits, so he's somewhat notable.Toffile 18:03, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- Angel Tears - Poorly formatted, often does not read like an encyclopedia article. --Spring Rubber 20:45, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class - Poor grammar, among other problems... --ApolloBoy 23:11, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- Željko Ražnatović - some issues were already listed on talk page, including poor grammar, bizarre claims and no sources whatsoever, confusing chronology, weasel word, and a questionable NPOV. --Quinnanya 04:52, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
December 9, 2005

- Senior Advisor - This article needs attention and expansion. I'm not sure if the various governmental posts it mentions shouldn't have their own page, and other examples ought to be given. Someone with an understanding of the intricacies of US government should take a look. -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 06:13, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- Artificial reproduction - This article is currently very poorly written and needs proper formatting, complete sentences, proper spelling, more information on the subject, including the explanation of terminology used, and possibly a better title. --Spring Rubber 08:07, 9 December 2005 (UTC) :: I have made this article less crappy but it still certainly needs work. Hnandrew 17:03, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- Linguistic modality - moved here from Grammatical modality. needs help from philosophers, linguists, languagers. – ishwar (speak) 19:55, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- Aisha Goodison - page with vanity issues. Tearlach 19:24, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- spelling suggestion
- Max von Sydow This article is really messy, informal, disorganized, and may be in violation of copyright. Donbas 09:22, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- Roland Clark is not very wiki. Looks real, not vanity, but ugh! Ronabop 09:29, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yehia Hakki - Needs wikifying. Johnleemk | Talk 10:14, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- Ashley Hartman - Needs to be written in an encyclopedic tone, no lead section, needs to be wikified. Johnleemk | Talk 11:54, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thad Matta - Copied verbatim from Ohio State's website. http://ohiostatebuckeyes.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/matta_thad00.html User: Zach from Hoopeston 11:53, 9 December 2005 (UTC) MESSEDROCKER (talk) 14:00, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- Gnoppix - The introduction is very confusing, even to people with technical knowledge. However I'm not familiar with Gnoppix and its history. --Easyas12c 14:34, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
December 8, 2005

- Ernie will rule the world! Ernie
December 7, 2005

- Queen's_University_street_parties Not a well written article.
- Off-white comic I think this is a candidate for deletion. See its talk page for reasons.Jon Rob 09:22, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
- Free to Be Dirty! Live Cmadler 17:49, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
December 6, 2005

- Flight instruction Completely unsourced but reasonable depth and writing quality. Very United States-centric. Conforms with the little I know about the subject. Needs help from an experienced Wikipedian who knows amateur pilot licensing, please contribute. Durova 05:28, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
- Philosophical views of suicide This is another well written piece in need of attention. Divided into arguments for and against, arguments for suicide take up over 95% of the article. Only 2 lines of text oppose it. Durova 08:01, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
- A curious pairing! Mohamed Atta al-Sayed was acquainted with both topics. Metarhyme 20:36, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
- Huntington, West Virginia. A well-meaning anon user added a ton of info; some useful, some pov, some redundant. Then lots of wikilinks that are either red links or go to an unintended target were also added. Article needs trimmed and formatted, then a good copyedit. Youngamerican 17:25, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yvon of the Yukon a cartoon show apparently, could use a better write up. -- malo ^(talk)/_(contribs) 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
December 5, 2005

- Alexander von Humboldt (ship) Looks a fair article, but needs that final translation from German. Lots of spelling and syntax issues. --Tagishsimon (talk)
- Have fiddled with the English and removed non-functioning links. No knowledge of the subject though so cannot check the facts --Kcordina 13:41, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
- Isodiasphere needs fixing for markup, style, etc. It's something about chemistry but I have no clue what it really is about, my knowledge of the area is zero. Solver 22:44, 5 December 2005 (UTC) ----
- Alcoholism - has a tendency to ramble. Needs restructing. 141.211.62.20 04:34, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
- As an occasional fiction writer, I have commented on this entry before. Wikipedia is not a medical dictionary etc, but it would be useful if there was more information on "signs and symptoms" etc (the 'The Pale Horse' syndrome).
- Buck English (Western outlaw (Calif?)): check for copy-vio; style; make ext lks out of "References"; be sure state/terr is Calif & say so.Jerzy•t
- Morgan Roadster - Many problems, such as inconsistent formatting, no background info (just specs), no sources, etc. Badly needs to be rewritten. PS2pcGAMER 09:44, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
- Sororate marriage - Some sentences need to be fixed (too informal). - Mike Rosoft 10:56, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
- Have attempted to clean this up, but would like a second opinion... SatyrTN 02:37, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yes Magazine - A notable topic, but totally incoherent article.Philip Stevens 11:47, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
- Robin Jenkins - There is no clear reason whiy this biography should be in Wikipedia (could be self-promotion?) Jon Rob 15:48, 5 December 2005 (UTC) :
- I have posted a deletion requested tag. A (less-than exhaustive) google search found nothing notable about a Robin Jenkins born in 1973. The Robin Jenkins born in 1912 IS worthy of an article, for what that's worth. (In short, I think there is a 99.9% chance that this article is either a joke or a vanity piece [or both]. If it's not, let the person who posted it try again.)
- Diva Mamen - I think this does meet WP:MUSIC, but it's hard to tell; written by a non-native english speaker, this needs a fair amount of grammatical and spelling attention. Colonel Tom 21:41, 5 December 2005 (UTC) ----
- Diesel cycle - needs splitting up into sections, formatting and copy editting. - Hahnchen 22:26, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
- Merge with Diesel engine article does not appear to add much to Diesel engine Kcordina 13:51, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
- I question how accurate this article really is. I need to go dig up my engines book when I have some free time and check it over. Seadragon 19:01, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren - Grammar is terrible, asks rhetorical questions in article, etc. Could also use some expansion. PS2pcGAMER 22:43, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
December 4, 2005

- I-Mag - reads like an advert. Possible candidate for AfD. TheMadBaron 05:48, 5 December 2005 (UTC) ::I've restructured it, but havn't removed the tag yet as I think it needs a bit more content, and still is a bit salesjobby Lochok 04:14, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
- Séculos Escuros - presumably a machine translation. Most of it is impossible to understand. Possible candidate for AfD. TheMadBaron 05:35, 5 December 2005 (UTC) ::Main problem is that it's a close translation of text [http://www.diadasletrasgalegas.com/historia_lingua.php here]. I've asked if the author if he has permission: otherwise, it's copyvio. Tearlach 17:33, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
- Expedition_1 - much text on the page appears to have been pasted from before the mission occurred; needs to be rewritten, but also checked to see if plans were carried out, etc. Bikeable 03:44, 5 December 2005 (UTC) ----
- Gaia philosophy - redundant material.
- Monkey (zodiac) - the latter half of this page turns into a meandering essay with barely a full stop between breathless paragraphs. A clean sweep with a Wikibroom needed doktorb 10:20, 4 December 2005 (UTC) ::I think all 12 articles on the Chinese Zodiac animals need the same clean sweep. Example: Always neatly dressed, women born in the year of the monkey are particular about their appearance, especially their hair styles. By the way, overusing cosmetics may make their skin rough, because it is easy for them to get allergic reactions. It's not encyclopedic to report this kind of stuff as established fact. Tearlach 17:11, 5 December 2005 (UTC) ::They also all appear to be copyvio's... see [http://www.aznsingles.com/zodiac.php?sid=4a9f1904ff414c933b3152c3bafa96e7?&sign=Monkey here] citing Source: The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes by Theodora Lau Published by Arrow Books Limited Rick Boatright 02:25, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
- Kamal Heer - Currently has terrible formatting, information should be presented in a more appropriate manner. --Spring Rubber 05:04, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
- ~~Mercedes-Benz A-Class - Very poor grammar and poor organization. Need I say more? --ApolloBoy 06:49, 4 December 2005 (UTC)~~
- Am working on it - couple of sections in, will return to it later Kcordina 14:04, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
- Now re-modelled in a legible form. Now OK? Kcordina 15:49, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
- Done. John Broughton 20:05, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
- Andre Beteille - POV content: "Andre Beteille is an Indian sociologist called by Ramchandra Guha as 'the wisest man in India.'" - Mike Rosoft 09:49, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
- QUICC - needs alot more info, I tried to tidy up a bit but the last line just completely confused me. - (Erebus555 11:10, 4 December 2005 (UTC)) :
- Should this article (all of two sentences) have a "stub" tag rather than "cleanup"? John Broughton 22:13, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
- Zapped! - everything is linked to somewhere else via external links. Just a load of utter rubbish - Erebus555 11:16, 4 December 2005 (UTC))
- Cleaned up for the most part and wikified. Movie still sucks, though. Jtmichcock 06:33, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
- ChatterBox Game Show - Needs severe editing and cleanup, as well as an expansion. --Kilo-Lima 12:12, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
- Sunrooms - More an advert than anything. Very informal. Is almost like a guide. I believe it needs a complete rewrite and it is a big article - (Erebus555 14:14, 4 December 2005 (UTC))
- Quiet Electric Drive - ~~in note form almost and no real info on it, needs expanding - (Erebus555 14:25, 4 December 2005 (UTC))~~ ::Done. Tearlach 20:52, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
- Jianzi - I merged 4 articles into this and did some copyedit on "featherball" section, but the 4 sections need to be integrated, right now it's 4 views of the exact same sport. Chris the speller 17:19, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
- Wow, this is you? - about some virus. Needs exanding, more information (who made it? ways of stopping it?). Just a small general tidy up really. - (Erebus555 17:47, 4 December 2005 (UTC))
December 3, 2005

- True Crime 3: Streets of Hong Kong. Presumably part of the same series as True Crime: Streets of LA and True Crime: New York City, and as such, a valid subject for an article; otherwise, I'd recommend this pig of a stub for deletion. TheMadBaron 22:17, 3 December 2005 (UTC) : Searching Google brought up [http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8522/True-Crime-2-Hong-Kong-Trailer/ this site] which has a video that directs you to [http://truecrime2005.com/index.php www.truecrime2005.com] which tells you that the game is actually True Crime: New York City. I'll add the article to WP:AFD. PS2pcGAMER 05:45, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
- Kodagu - mostly 1911 EB text with strong British Empire imperial POV - MPF 11:45, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
- Michael E. Berumen - an afd in October voted Keep, but I think it still needs a cleanup of the excessive detail on, basically, a businessman with a self-published philosophy book. Tearlach 03:26, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
- Hidden Valley, Idaho ∾ Poorly formatted personal recollection, rife with misspellings, and in dire need of wikification. → Ξxtreme Unction 04:04, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
- Dobie Gillis Williams ∾ Reads like a true-crime article and smells like a copyvio. I can't find any webpages that match the text, however, but perhaps someone else has greater Google-fu than I. In any case, the page needs wikification and general editing. → Ξxtreme Unction 04:44, 3 December 2005 (UTC) ::The text comes right out of the Louisiana Supreme Court opinion from the direct appeal of the case with some changes in an attempt to make read less like and legal brief and more like an article. I cited to it in the sources. It is a product of the gov't and thus not subject to copyright. You will prob not find it on Google as it is an older case and prob has not been reduced to a pdf yet. Any attorney can point you in the right direction however. Nolamgm 05:44, 3 December 2005 (UTC) :I have gone through the article and given it a spit-shine and a thorough scrubbing. It looks much more presentable now. → Ξxtreme Unction 20:50, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
- My love virus - Ugh, need I say more? It's fitting that an article about an AIM virus should be written in typical AIM shorthand and immature language. --Spring Rubber 09:38, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
- Minmi - Just read it. My guess is that this is some kind of machine translation, which means it's about the worst English you'll ever see... - Andre Engels 11:02, 3 December 2005 (UTC) :Oh my God that is so funny! I'm not an expert when it comes to Minmi but I'll try to fix it as good as I can. --Thorri 15:41, 3 December 2005 (UTC) ::There. I left the cleanup tag because people still need to work on this article. --Thorri 16:22, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
- The Bloody Hollies ∾ Article reads like a promotional advertisement for the band. They do seem notable, however. → Ξxtreme Unction 15:49, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
- Randall Boggs ∾ Poorly formatted scene-by-scene infodump about a villainous character from Monsters, Inc.. Also rife with spelling errors. → Ξxtreme Unction 18:33, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yzma ∾ Yet another poorly formatted scene-by-scene infodump from the editor who brought us Randall Boggs above. This time, the article is about a villainous character from The Emperor's New Groove. → Ξxtreme Unction 18:53, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
- List of radio stations in New York State ∾ It needs to be cleaned up, and ordered by region as well as by band. --72.226.99.55 21:11, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
December 2, 2005

- Achievement in British Education - Currently one long list representing one side of the case that British education is biased by social class. Needs sources (currently has none) and balance. --163.1.167.160 13:04, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- Femi Kuti - ~~A lot of good history here, needs to be divided into sections and wikified, and parts of it border on POV, or at least too much raving. --Crenner 10:08, 2 December 2005 (UTC)~~ ::Needs rebuilding from scratch: most of it was copyvio. Tearlach 18:03, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- Zul'Jin - It needs to be clarified that this character is not related to the real world, and it needs to be mentioned what this character is from. It could also use wikification, in addition. --Spring Rubber 00:31, 2 December 2005 (UTC) :A better, more complete page exists at Zul'jin. Someone with more knowledge of the game should check for any unique info on this page, and merge. I've changed the clean up tag to a merge tag. --Crenner 10:02, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- Animal Crossing Wild World - This article, for such a popular game, needs some serious cleanup and expansion, including the replacement of rumors with actual fact, detailed information about the game, such as seen in Animal Crossing, and more encycliopedic language. --Spring Rubber 06:00, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- Stuart Pearce - Needs to be sorted into sections for readability and include a table of clubs he has been with, including appearances and goals scored. --mcauburn 08:04, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- Boolean data (practical & theoretical computing): My stub hopefully should become a redirect to wherever the subject matter is better covered, or be expanded if not. (See talk:Boolean data if you're outraged.)Jerzy•t
- Well, there may be a difference between the Boolean datatypes (which are conceptual) and the zero or one (physically in the media) which is the boolean data. I thought about a redirect, then just put in a link, thinking physics vs. math is outta my league. Metarhyme 02:16, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
December 1, 2005

- Lord William Bentinck (1774-1839) Governor-General of India, supposedly AKA The Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck is the target of the redirect from William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1738-1809), Prime Minister. Research required.Jerzy•t
- I Can Only Imagine - a mess of an article about a specific song and its lyrics. Utterly unnecessary, I think. - Cybjorg 20:29, 1 December 2005 (UTC) :I can only imagine (ha.) that this article is a stub, so I marked it as such and removed the lyrics. They were not encyclopaedic. It might be an article for deletion, but I left it alone for now. The Hooded Man 00:19, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- The Greatest Show on Turf - says "tagged since November 2005" but I didn't see it listed here. Tightened up the language and corrected spelling errors. User: Uncle Bubba
November 30, 2005

- Spellbinder - Not difficult, just time consuming - the image needs cropping, the text needs copyediting, and the page should probably be moved to Spellbinder (TV series), as it appears on the List of Australian television series, to make way for a disambiguation page; Spellbinder is also a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096152/ 1998 horror movie], an early word processing program, a Batman character, a Foreigner song, a Batman character.... TheMadBaron 15:31, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
- Second part done. -Acjelen 21:34, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
- Done. Draeco 00:45, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- Stonyhurst College Pooly-written, uninformative, POV. The picture's nice, but is due to be deleted as it is not licensed for free use DavidFarmbrough 12:51, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
- Generation Z -I don't even know where to begin with...there's something wrong with it, someone with some expertise should have a look at it. Thorri 15:56, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
- Mouldboard Plough page started, needs a good spellchecker. LouieS
November 29, 2005

- Skrewdriver - a complete and utter POV, unencyclopedic mess. User:Zoe|^(talk) 04:10, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
- African American contemporary issues needs to be completely re-written or deleted. It is virtually an editorial with unsusbtantiated assertations and generalizations.
- Kurdish people needs a cleanup/factual clarification regards to Kurdish origins. --3345345335534 00:48, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
- S&W Model 910 - This article has no introduction to give sufficient context about the handgun model. Phase2man 17:19, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
- William Russell, Lord Russell - it's from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, so if I was to suggest that it was just bad writing, that would probably make me a philistine. Well, then, I'm a philistine....
- ::In January 1680, Russell, along with Cavendish, Capell, Powell, Essex and Lyttleton, tendered his resignation to the king, which was received by Charles with all my heart.
- :Some of the references have become obscure over time, and some of the language is a little archaic, but more than this, I think this was just bad writing in 1911, and it's just bad writing now. TheMadBaron 09:48, 29 November 2005 (UTC) ::
- I've done some fixing; more is needed. Besides the archaic language, the original article assumed a fairly intimate knowledge of English politics (e.g., mentioning "the country party" without any further explanation). But Russell was an important politician, so the article is clearly needed (and should not be shortened much more, I think). John Broughton 21:41, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- Shaun Van Allen - There is no research involved. It also contains POV. I do not know much of this player so there is not much I can change without removing almost everything. It may be a candidate for deletion. - murder1 02:54, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
- Maya women ∾ Large article, reads like a research paper. → Ξxtreme Unction 03:48, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
- Jewelled antler - just came off AFD, needs to be wikified. Johnleemk | Talk 13:02, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
- ~~Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator)(Canadian father of credit unions in North America): wikify; fix apparent copyvio.Jerzy•t~~ :
- Done. John Broughton 05:43, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
- ~~Will Calhoun - The article is rambling, ungrammatical, and probably violates NPOV policy in places.~~ Microtonal...(Put your head on my shoulder) 20:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC) :
- Nevermind, it's all just a repost of a previous copyvio. Microtonal...(Put your head on my shoulder) 19:28, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
- ~~PSone - needs to be NPOVed; just came off AFD.~~ Johnleemk | Talk 09:37, 30 November 2005 (UTC) :
- Still a stub, but is now NPOV. PS2pcGAMER 04:25, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
November 28, 2005

- Spiritism - various minor problems, odd tone.
- TEMA (group) - This article.................... I can't even put into words whats wrong. Bad phrasing, inconsistencies in formatting of name to say the least. - RedHotHeat 21:49, 28 November 2005 (UTC)- The body of the article has only one link, but many are needed, notably " t.A.T.u ", presumably a Russian-language acronym that cannot go unexplained here. So part of what is needed is research on that term.Jerzy•t - It's explained at the link for t.A.T.u.. Tearlach 03:07, 29 November 2005 (UTC) + And one of our colleagues has added that lk.
- Benoit Falardeau (26-y.o. Quebec electronic-media artist): check out Grafika awards & decide if winning one suffices for notability or if a speedy A7 case; if notable, finish translation, wikify.Jerzy•t - A google search of "Grafika Awards" shows over 87,000 results. I tried to access the grafika website but it was down while I was looking. It seems to be a fairly well known award. I'm not sure as to how prestigious this is but I don't think this page will qualify for speedy deletion. - murder1 02:28, 29 November 2005 (UTC) - The question is not whether the Awards program as a whole is notable, but whether getting one at 26 is notable. E.g. if 87,000, or even 10,000, or even ....?, of them have been given out, having one is non-notable. And the bio certainly cites nothing else that might be construed as a notability claim. More serious reasearch is needed.
November 27, 2005

- Arcadia Publishing - All of the text was copied from an Arcadia Advertisment, but I do not know enough about them to change anything. As it is now, it reads like an ad. Gershwinrb 06:19, 28 November 2005 (UTC) :
- It was an ad (press release-ish); I cleaned it up and added some information. The company is quite legitimate (and interesting) - I read an article (don't recall where), recently, about their niche publishing, and a google news search turns up lots of recent activity (new books). (The article is still a stub, but I removed the cleanup marking.) John Broughton 23:38, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
- Wraith - All of the links in this don't go where they're supposed to, it strays off topic, and looks messy. It also has a lot of typos. Tobyk777 00:56, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- Hans Robert Hiegel - This is a messy article, but I know nothing about him or his works. In fact, the previous version tried to say something about an essay. x42bn6 Talk 00:54, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- Marina Abramović This article is a mess, probably made by a fan or the artist herself. Tried to clean up some myself. Might try again later when I have more energy. :) Garion1000 (talk) 20:58, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- Military.com - This article could use both expension and wikification. As it is right now, it looks partly like an advertisment, but since it has potential, it seems to deserve its own article. --Spring Rubber 09:13, 27 November 2005 (UTC) :
- Done. (I suppose the article could be longer, but it doesn't need to be singled out any more.) John Broughton 23:25, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
- Roush Racing: Driver X - This article needs to be wikified and expended upon. As it is right now, it looks very sloppy. I will try to contribute what I can if I can find the time. --Spring Rubber 09:20, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- Rolf Pfeifer - the list of ~~punlications~~ publications needs to be cleaned up/reformated. - Mike Rosoft 10:22, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- A commedian then (pun-lications) - is there a page apart from BJAODN for Wikipedia-puns?
- Isa Gambar - excessive bolding of words, inappropriate bullet-point listings, poor grammar. Otherwise has great potential. Johnleemk | Talk 14:04, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- Ilham Aliyev - last paragraph and bullet-point list have the same problems as above. Johnleemk | Talk 14:04, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- ~~Dell, Inc. - the history and timeline section reads and looks like a bullet-point list and bores the reader. Johnleemk | Talk 14:28, 27 November 2005 (UTC)~~
- Touch - random collection of statements. Matt 22:44, 27 November 2005 (UTC).
- Marketing reserch, as you will see from the spelling in the title, this needs a real good haircut. Moriori 02:58, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- Orkut - THIS IS A RE-ADD OF THIS PAGE TO CLEANUP LIST, as Mackeriv removed the tag from the page before any cleanup was done.
November 26, 2005

- Electronics engineering - Article needs better structure - seems mostly to be a duplication of electrical engineering. Cedars 03:05, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- Karai - I gave this a clean when it was up for AfD, but it still had serious problems, and now it seems to be getting worse again.... " When KAri enters a room with hun, Hun tells her that how could she serve the shredder when he was an alien slug." I give up. TheMadBaron 00:29, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- Human rights in Turkey - Article totally whitewashes a very controversial topic from the rosy POV of the Turkish tourism bureau.
- Mary Pezzati - style seems quite weak - reliance on anecdotal quotations seems out of place, but I'm not sure how to approach it without just reducing it to a stub. Barneyboo 00:40, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
~~- American Motors - A bit too long and too much redundancy. -- ApolloBoy 04:31, 26 November 2005 (UTC)~~ :
- The article still isn't perfect, but it's good enough to take off the list. John Broughton 23:05, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
~~- Toy-Box - Article is written extrememly poorly, i fexed up a few things quickly. Very subjective and colloquial~~ 202.161.103.230 18:14, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
- NamePros - Advert for an apparently notable website (Alexa rank 1913). - Mike Rosoft 18:46, 26 November 2005 (UTC) :
- I removed the hard-core advertising stuff; it's pretty factual now. Whether it's sufficiently of interest to remain in wikipedia I leave to others to decide. John Broughton 22:00, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
- Orkut - Needs overall cleanup for both (1) consistent standard English and (2) elimination of various minor instances of POV
- Uberculture - Needs to be rewritten without using text from the website. The aritcle has potential should it be rewritten and even expanded upon wherever possible. --Spring Rubber 21:12, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
November 25, 2005

- Sarum_Snacks - needs heavy clean-up and wikification, notability questionable, needs to be NPOVed (very promotional right now), may need to be deleted?
- Elis Prefecture - poor English, many repetitions, confusing text, and many very unencyclopedic facts (what supermarket chains do not have stores in this region, minor forest fires and earthquakes). Markussep 20:20, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
- Binibining Pilipinas - the prose is alright, but the lists and section headings make me want to tear my eyes out. Johnleemk | Talk 10:02, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
- How does it look now? I tried to improve the section headings a little. What was wrong with the lists? Stephen Aquila 23:31, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
- Biocon - same problem with lists; the trivia section has a lot of potential, but only if it is converted into prose and renamed as something else. Johnleemk | Talk 10:02, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
- Branch and cut - appears to be a method for solving linear equations, but lacks context and coherence. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:19, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
- Elisa Breton - ~~This could do with some formatting, as of now just puretext. Ragzouken 13:06, 25 November 2005 (UTC)~~ ::Hoax. Tearlach 16:32, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
- ~~Pinoy - needs wikifying and re-prosing. --Zigger «º» 14:59, 25 November 2005 (UTC)~~
- Done. --Revolución (talk) 03:01, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
- List of wikis -- is currently a list of wikis even though it should be a list of notable wikis according to its AfD discussion. -21:14, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
November 24, 2005

- Project Chapleau - reads like a press release
- ~~Jeff Morrow - Contains poor language, lacking in formatting, and generally needs more information --Spring Rubber 22:00, 24 November 2005 (UTC)~~ :
- Merged into List of meteorologists for The Weather Channel --Spring Rubber 03:43, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
- Hydraulic power - Needs more info, categories, internal link creation, heading creation - the works in other words. - (Erebus555 20:25, 24 November 2005 (UTC))
- Fat acceptance movement A tad incoherent at times.
- Smog, needs to be sorted into sections. --Thorpe 17:37, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
- Article self descriptive? (bad pun, I know)
- Crossposting. The current article seems to be hopelessly confusing crossposting with multiposting. Besides, it lacks content. It could probably do with a complete rewrite. I might have a go at it myself when I've a bit of time if nobody gets there first. -- Smjg 14:47, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
- Non Abbiamo Bisogno. A full text dumped from the Vatican's web site ([http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_29061931_non-abbiamo-bisogno_en.html]). I am not too sure what to do about this one; my first reflex was that it may be a copyvio, but it could be alright. In any case, I don't really know what this is about, so cannot really judge if there is anything to salvage in here. I

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Wikipedia:Subst
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About subst
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Neologistic
A neologism is word, term, or phrase which has been recently created ("coined") —often to apply to new concepts, or to reshape older terms in newer language form. Neologisms are especially useful in identifying inventions, new phenomena, or old ideas which have taken on a new cultural context. Neologisms are by definition "new," and as such are often directly attributable to a specific individual, publication, period or event. The term "neologism" was itself coined around 1800; so for some time in the early 19th Century, the word "neologism" was itself a neologism. It can also refer to an existing word or phrase which has been assigned a new meaning.
Changing culture
Neologisms tend to occur more often in cultures which are rapidly changing, and also in situations where there is easy and fast propagation of information. They are often created by combining existing words (see compound noun and adjective) or by giving words new and unique suffixes or prefixes. Those which are portmanteaux are shortened. Neologisms can also be created through abbreviation or acronym, by intentionally rhyming with existing words, or simply through playing with sounds. Neologisms often become popular by way of mass media, the Internet, or word of mouth (see also Wiktionary's Neologisms:unstable or Protologism pages for a wiki venue of popularizing newly coined words). Every word in a language was, at some time, a neologism, though most of these ceased to be such through time and acceptance. Neologisms often become accepted parts of the language. Other times, however, they disappear from common usage. Whether or not a neologism continues as part of the language depends on many factors, probably the most important of which is acceptance by the public. Acceptance by linguistic experts and incorporation into dictionaries also plays a part, as does whether the phenomenon described by a neologism remains current, thus continuing to need a descriptor. It is unusual, however, for a word to enter common use if it does not resemble another word or words in an identifiable way. (In some cases however, strange new words succeed because the idea behind them is especially memorable or exciting). When a word or phrase is no longer "new," it is no longer a neologism. Neologisms may take decades to become "old," though. Opinions differ on exactly how old a word must be to no longer be considered a neologism; cultural acceptance probably plays a more important role than time in this regard.
Cultural acceptance
After being coined, neologisms invariably undergo scrutiny by the public and by linguists to determine their suitability to the language. Many are accepted very quickly; others attract opposition. Language experts sometimes object to a neologism on the grounds that a suitable term for the thing described already exists in the language. Non-experts who dislike the neologism sometimes also use this argument, deriding the neologism as "abuse and ignorance of the language." Some neologisms, especially those dealing with sensitive subjects, are often objected to on the grounds that they obscure the issue being discussed, and that such a word's novelty often leads a discussion away from the root issue and onto a sidetrack about the meaning of the neologism itself. Proponents of a neologism see it as being useful, and also helping the language to grow and change; often they perceive these words as being a fun and creative way to play with a language. Also, the semantic precision of most neologisms, along with what is usually a straightforward syntax, often makes them easier to grasp by people who are not native speakers of the language. The outcome of these debates, when they occur, has a great deal of influence on whether a neologism eventually becomes an accepted part of the language. Linguists may sometimes delay acceptance, for instance by refusing to include the neologism in dictionaries; this can sometimes cause a neologism to die out over time. Nevertheless if the public continues to use the term, it always eventually sheds its status as a neologism and enters the language even over the objections of language experts.
Versions of neologisms

- Unstable - Extremely new, being proposed, or being used only by a very small subculture.
- Diffused - Having reached a significant audience, but not yet having gained acceptance.
- Stable - Having gained recognizable and probably lasting acceptance.
Types of neologism

- Scientific — words or phrases created to describe new scientific discoveries or inventions. Examples:
- beetle bank (early 1990s)
- black hole (1968)
- laser (1960)
- prion
- quark (1964)
- radar (1941)
- posterized
- Science fiction concepts created to describe new, futuristic ideas. Examples:
- Ringworld (1971)
- Dyson Sphere (circa 1960)
- Political — words or phrases created to make some kind of political or rhetorical point, sometimes perhaps with an eye to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Example:
- dog-whistle politics (1990)
- soccer moms (1992)
- pro-life
- pro-choice
- meritocracy (1958)
- political correctness (1970)
- sie and hir (pronouns)
- homophobia (1969)
- genocide
- Chindia (2004)
- Some political neologisms, however, are intended to convey a negative point of view. Example: brutalitarian
- Pop-culture — words or phrases evolved from mass media content or used to describe popular culture phenomena (these may be considered a subsection of slang). Examples:
- blog
- carb
- prequel
- jumping the shark
- Chuck Cunningham syndrome
- Keyshawning
- Baldwin (a good-looking man, such as one of the Baldwin family of actors)
- Scooby Gang (a group which humorously resembles the teens on the cartoon Scooby-Doo)
- From "D'Oh" to "Scotchtoberfest" - many neologisms from The Simpsons are now used in real life. For a long list see Made-up words in The Simpsons
- Imported — words or phrases originating in another language. Typically they are used to express ideas that have no equivalent term in the native language. (See loanword.) Examples:
- tycoon
- potato (1565)
- zen (1727)
- ao dai (1960s)
- Vietcong (1960s)
- Tet (1968)
- anime (1988)
- détente (1960s)
- manga
- Trademarks are often neologisms to ensure they are distinguished from other brands. If legal trademark protection is lost, the neologism may enter the language as a genericized trademark. Example: Laundromat, Hoover
- Nonce words — words coined and used only for a particular occasion, usually for a special literary effect.
- Inverted — words that are derived from spelling (and pronouncing) a standard word backwards. Example: redrum
- Paleologism - a word that is alleged to be a neologism but turns out to be a long-used (if obscure) word. Used ironically.
Neologisms in literature
Many neologisms have come from popular literature, and tend to appear in different forms. Most commonly, they are simply taken from a word used in the narrative of a book; for instance, McJob from Douglas Coupland's Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture and cyberspace from William Gibson's Neuromancer. Sometimes the title of the book will become the neologism. For instance, Catch-22 (from the title of Joseph Heller's novel) and Generation X (from the title of Coupland's novel) have become part of the vocabulary of many English-speakers. Also worthy of note is the case in which the author's name becomes the neologism, although the term is sometimes based on only one work of that author. This includes such words as Orwellian (from George Orwell, referring to his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four) and Ballardesque (from J.G. Ballard, author of Crash). Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle was the container of the Bokononism family of Nonce words. Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" has been called "the king of neologistic poems" as it incorporated some dozens of invented words. The early modern English prose writings of Sir Thomas Browne 1605-1682 are the source of many neologisms as recorded by the OED.
Quotation
: "Yesterday's neologisms, like yesterday's jargon, are often today's essential vocabulary."
: – Academic Instincts, 2001^{[http://www.wordspy.com/waw/garber-marjorie.asp]}
See also

- buzzword
- doublespeak
- euphemism
- jargon
- newspeak
- Langmaker
- portmanteau
- propaganda
- protologism
- retronym
- onomatopoeia
- siamese twins (English language)
External links, resources, references

English

- Fowler, H.W., "The King's English," Chapter I. Vocabulary, [http://www.bartleby.com/116/103.html Neologism], 2nd ed. 1908.
Information

- Root knowledge : [http://folk.uio.no/iroggen/Root_knowledge.html The need for neologisms]
- Neologism [http://www.aetherlumina.com/gnp/history.html History & Evaluation]
- International Dictionary of Literary Terms : [http://www.ditl.info/art/definition.php?term=3101 Neologisms]
Wiktionary

- Wiktionary: Neologisms
- Wiktionary: Neologisms unstable
- Wiktionary: Neologisms diffused
- Wiktionary: Neologisms stable
Indices

- [http://www.neologisms.us The Internalational Dictionary of Neologisms]
- [http://rdues.uce.ac.uk/neologisms.shtml Neologisms in Journalistic Text]
- [http://involution.org/neologisms.html Lexicon of Neologism]
- [http://web.bham.ac.uk/johnstf/neo.htm Internet Neologisms]
- [http://www.oneletterwords.com Neologisms in the Dictionaries of All-Consonant and All-Vowel Words]
- [http://www.wordspy.com/ wordspy.com]
- [http://www.langmaker.com/db/eng_a2z_index.htm Neologisms A-Z]
- [http://www.unwords.com/ unwords.com]
- [http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/neologisms/a.html Collected by Rice Universtiy linguistics class, 2003]
- [http://www.figarospeech.com It Figures-Figures of Speech] ----
Miscellaneous
In psychology, a neologism is a word invented by a person suffering from a language disorder, which may occur in the context of psychosis (see thought disorder) or aphasia acquired after brain damage ; clinicians can sometimes use these neologisms, which often have meaning only to the subject, as clues to determine the nature of the disorder. In theology, a neologism is a relatively new doctrine (for example, rationalism). In this sense, a neologist is an innovator in the area of a doctrine or belief system, and is often considered heretical or subversive by the mainstream church. Category:Types of words Category:Word coinage

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