Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Extinctionism

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The result of the debate was delete. —Xezbeth 20:00, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

Extinctionism née Extinctionist[edit]

Delete. dictdef at best Wikibofh 21:13, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but Wiktionary is. —Kjammer 22:52, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Google Web results indicates that there may be a philosophy that is described as extinctionism, albeit that the definition here does not match how others describe it: promotion of "the extinction of all life", the belief that "we need to work for the end of the human race". There are strong indications that this isn't a real philosophical doctrine propounded by actual people, however. As far as I can see from a quick search, this is at the very best another political epithet, a name-calling label applied by critics and never (with the exception of satirists) claimed by adherents, and the same would thus apply as at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Denialist. Uncle G 04:08, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)
delete because it's too short to be useful Mozzerati 17:34, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)
Delete. Neologism.mikka (t) 21:28, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete. I think this was created to help justify/promote Church of Reality, along with positive evolution and doubt based. Paul August ☎ 21:31, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
- This definition (as opposed to the ones given above) almost certainly was. However, one of the more interesting things that comes up in a Google Web search is someone telling Marc Perkel that he didn't invent the word "Extinctionist" because it had already been invented by someone else. Uncle G 05:30, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

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