Talk:Garysaurus

Garysauruses

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Garysauruses, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Garysauruses. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Inner Earth 19:25, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

discussion of the proposed deletion

Thanks for the welcome regarding my proposed article,

Garysauruses is a term coined for the large creations of sculptor Jim Gary (1939-2006). Andrew Roth of the Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom coined the term in January of 2006 to describe the sculptures that relate the essense of dinosaurs to viewers at exhibitions of Jim Gary's Twentieth Century Dinosaurs.[1] The term is meant to "create" a new scientific taxonomy category, a phylum—or rather a pseudophylum—of dinosaurs made out of the twentieth-century automobile parts used by Gary in his sculptures. The coined term is plural and its singular form would be, Garysaurus, for one of the sculptures, of course.

Many types of extinct dinosaurs are among the sculptures created by Jim Gary. They range from bird-like dinosaurs of six feet to tyrannosauruses and brontosauruses exceeding ninety feet. The sculptures were equally popular among museums of fine art and natural history and his traveling exhibition was booked for displays around the world.

References

1. ^ Jim Gary by Andrew Roth; Tuesday February 14, 2006; The Guardian; United Kingdom; guardian.co.uk in which the author coined the term, Garysauruses, for the huge sculptures among Jim Gary's Twentieth Century Dinosaurs

This is a neologism which has only been used once (according to the article). Does not seem to merit its own article is the basis for a nomination for deletion.

That the term has been used only once is not correct, this is the place where it was coined. The term is also used on the official page for Jim Gary and, now, as a subtitle on the Wikipedia page for Jim Gary. The term was referred to by many newspapers and broadcast media around the world in obituaries or memorials for Jim Gary.

The Guardian, the original source, is a newspaper of world-wide distribution and the author of the article, respected for his professional work. I believe that these reasons would qualify the term for a reference in Wikipeda, and I will expand it if left to stand... I will remove the tag as you suggested and work further after the condsideration is determined. Thanks for the advice. --Khand 19:51, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I note that khand is an article about something that has only one reference also -- a new word for a fictional country -- Garysauruses is a new word for many real sculptures. Look forward to the determination. (Sorry, but I had never heard of the fictional country when I created the name, is it a problem?)