Blankbabied in the Wikipedia

Sadly, it is marked for deletion because it is a Neologism (i.e. the coining of a new word or phrase).  Thanks for trying, Frank!

Now, one of the coolest things about Wikipedia is that it is self policing, so this article was marked for deletion within minutes of Frank creating it.  Apparently for every article that is up for deletion there is a page for voting about whether it should be deleted or not, and the page for Blankbabied (this link will probably cease to function shortly) is amusing:

Now, the deletion pages starts out in a good, academic tone and then degrades to 'Delete, delete, delete,' and concludes with the good Doctor calling all of this 'nonsense.'  It doesn't take an advanced degree to know that this is all, in fact, nonsense and that's why it is so much fun!

I have no doubt that one day Blankbabied will be in both the Wikipedia and the Oxford Engilsh Dictionary.  Mark my word, dear readers, it will happen.

Comments

[Frank]

Scott, the astonishing thing is that dooced was acccepted a while ago. I'm going to keep plugging on this...they are jerks, but we have ways of getting our own way. So, I'll keep trying...it was a fun first effort.

[Frank]

I also popped off Mark's definition to Urban Dictionary. I'd expect to see it pretty quickly. This is fun - the Blankbabied meme.

[Scott]

Frank, you rock!

[Billy The Blogging Poet]

I'm trying to spread the word!

[Billy The Blogging Poet]

PS. I think the guy that founded Wikipedia will be at http://www.convergesouth.com early October.

[howard]

While I was trying to digest the countless Wikipedia guidelines in a period of time that might have been better spent hitting random characters on my keyboard, I was wondering what made "Dooced" fit for wikipedia, while "Blankbabied" would be unfit. Since they don't allow primary research (stating the need for citable sources), I would have to hear of a previously-reported case by a reliable outlet of a person who got their job through blogging.

And your story was reported in a major newspaper, so what gives? Is there some previous case someone wanted to bring to light? Just wondering...

[Casey]

God, I love Wikipedia. I just hope that the verb, blankbaby, makes it into the English vernacular.

[Todd Charske]

I take it the WIki folks have never read your blog otherwise they'd know that Blankbabied is legitamate!

- Todd Charske