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 keep‎. Daniel (talk) 06:59, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Neologism briefly popular among conservaive new atheists. No indication of encyclopedic relevance nor as an actual tendency within the left. Since it seems to have dropped off in usage by 2018 when all these guys started handwringing about "wokeness" instead I think it likely fails WP:10Y Simonm223 (talk) 15:00, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment I've sent a notification to every editor who worked on this article in 2023. Simonm223 (talk) 15:06, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Hello, Simonm223, this AFD is not transcluded correctly to the day's AFD log (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2023 July 7). So, a lot of editors, and all editors and admins who close discussions will not see it listed. Please correct this error if you want to get the participation of other editors in this discussion. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:00, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Fixed now, closers may wish to take into account time of listing. Alpha3031 (t • c) 08:49, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That’s very odd. I'm not sure how it happened. But I appreciate the assist. Simonm223 (talk) 10:38, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reason was case sensitivity (left vs Left), easy mistake to make, I'd probably do it all the time. I highly recommend Twinkle in order to not have to worry about these things, it really does make a lot of tasks much easier. Alpha3031 (t • c) 16:32, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I completely forgot about the case sensitivity issue - have been inactive a while - but that makes sense. Simonm223 (talk) 12:44, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Maajid Nawaz. Although this term has a Wiktionary page which claims a slightly older origin[1], with the more specific meaning in the article, it's primarily associated with Nawaz and hasn't got beyond him and a small circle of New Atheist personalities he chums around with. Flash in the pan: as the OP says it seems to have died as a buzzword. A lot of Google hits are for the band of the same name, but I don't think they're notable either. --Colapeninsula (talk) 14:48, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I'd be satisfied with Colapeninsula's suggestion if that is the broader consensus. Simonm223 (talk) 15:04, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:55, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep as the term has received enough coverage in notable sources to establish notability. Redirecting to Maajid Nawaz and detailing there is not a better solution than a standalone article, because while Nawaz coined the term, much of the substance of the article concerns usage of the term by others. Per the nomination, it's also worth noting the none of the prominent New Atheists are conservatives. Jweiss11 (talk) 22:46, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting as there is no consensus yet. Thanks for your help with the AFD listing, Alpha3031.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:18, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Fulfills WP:SIGCOV for stand-alone article. Loksmythe (talk) 22:16, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Plenty of coverage. Thriley (talk) 20:44, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Passes the WP:SIGCOV test. A. Randomdude0000 (talk) 00:02, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Easily meets our WP:WORDISSUBJECT policy Lightburst (talk) 04:34, 22 July 2023 (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.