Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Multiviral

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 10:27, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Multiviral

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Speedy declined. PROD removed. WP:NOT (dictionary). Probably neologism formed in 2010. If there's anything notable, should be merged to elsewhere. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 08:39, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~Comment~~ Delete. As it stands, it's pretty much a WP:NOTDIC. But Googling does find usages of the phrase "multi viral marketing", though I haven't found anything that would satisfy WP:RS. The author has indicated an intention to expand the article, so I'll reserve judgment to allow some time for that. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 08:52, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No sign of expansion, and I can't find any suitable sources. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:31, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I was the person that mistakenly raised this for speedy, I agree that the deletion was not that simple and appreciate an AfD being raised for wider discussion. There is little evidence for use of this word in technical use and hardly any evidence for common usage (though some, probably incorrect, usage for "multi-viral marketing"). The most frequent use is for the biological sense for a vaccine or blood test that applies to multiple viruses, however published usage is for the word to be hyphenated (example:[1]). The use of the word for a software virus on a computer network does not appear supported by reliable published sources. This is unlikely to be sufficient for an encyclopaedic article for any or all of the meanings that can be supported by the sources. Fæ (talk) 08:53, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it's talking about computer viruses, but about "viral" memes - ie ideas that get spread rapidly via multiple connected communities. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:33, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. A dictionary definition that isn't quite sure what it's talking about; would appear to be so confusing that nobody could be expected to make sense of it. Probably intended to promote some marketing buzzword: The adjective or adverb multiviral may refer to any viral phenomenon that originates and grows simultaneously across multiple networks. Multiviral is more powerful than traditional viral growth because each propagator spreads content across multiple social networks simultaneously. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 15:54, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions. Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 16:13, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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