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96:, and is only ever referenced in the USA and maybe Canada. Also, people do not celebrate "Winter holiday season" as the creator says—they celebrate any given holiday, such as Christmas or Hanukkah. User:Calgary's assertions that "Winter holiday season" itself is celebrated by many is OR at best, and IMO ridiculous. The subsequent sections offer no citations and overall the article is abundant with OR. Additionally, there are many grammatical errors and the author writes that "it begins in Thanksgiving in 477:- I'm not sure I've seen this term in all that wide of usage, but the phenomenon (if that's the appropriate word for it) is notable. I am curious how many other articles this is covered on to where we couldn't incorporate all of that into one article and avoid having the same information in 50 different places. 304:
is just a guideline. The main reason why we typically don't keep neologisms is because they fail the content policies that you cited in the nomination. However, the article appears to meet our content policies now, so there's no reason why we can't keep an article on them.
327:. I suggest to Uncle G that he save a copy of the page showing what his additions are and what the original text is. Then, once the article is deleted, he could use his additions to write a journal article on the topic. 275:
His alterations are misleading and have nothing to do with "winter holiday season" as is used by secularists for a euphemism. Also, this is a neologism and Knowledge has policies against them.—
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rewrite, which has sources and establishes the significance of the subject (good work, Uncle G). Other Delete advocates please review the new content.
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Well researched... I know, it starts off with an uncited statement currently but its not like the topic is new so there is commentary available on it.
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in memory of all those who happily take December 25 as a holiday but refuse to acknowledge its provenance. Neologistic anyway, though not as bad as
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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in some form. The term seems to be established in the USA. Either keep as is or merge contents into
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So we are not here to offend anyone? The fact that a term may offend is not a reason to delete.
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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countries"... Thanksgiving is only celebrated in 2 countries—
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Also the article hasn't been written very well at all. --
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I can't believe this phrase even exists, apparently
39:). No further edits should be made to this page. 386:, original reasons for deletion no longer apply. 527:). No further edits should be made to this page. 402:As it has been improved a lot thanks to Uncle G 8: 465:- Often-used term worthy of an article. 361:. merge with more appropiate artical. 7: 24: 76:. The article content breaches 18:Knowledge:Articles for deletion 1: 510:01:48, 5 September 2006 (UTC) 499:11:21, 4 September 2006 (UTC) 482:19:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC) 470:02:11, 3 September 2006 (UTC) 458:18:24, 1 September 2006 (UTC) 432:08:24, 1 September 2006 (UTC) 416:01:54, 1 September 2006 (UTC) 395:00:00, 1 September 2006 (UTC) 352:18:24, 1 September 2006 (UTC) 314:00:03, 1 September 2006 (UTC) 239:11:34, 4 September 2006 (UTC) 196:11:21, 4 September 2006 (UTC) 53:15:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC) 379:23:53, 31 August 2006 (UTC) 332:23:21, 31 August 2006 (UTC) 288:20:39, 31 August 2006 (UTC) 267:19:29, 31 August 2006 (UTC) 255:17:47, 31 August 2006 (UTC) 218:12:58, 31 August 2006 (UTC) 182:12:21, 31 August 2006 (UTC) 167:12:19, 31 August 2006 (UTC) 145:07:56, 31 August 2006 (UTC) 133:00:24, 31 August 2006 (UTC) 113:00:13, 31 August 2006 (UTC) 544: 156:offends non-christians. -- 264:Plinth molecular gathered 520:Please do not modify it. 32:Please do not modify it. 440:and merge with Festivus 427:and set up a redirect. 59:Winter holiday season 300:against neologisms, 505:- seems fine now. 404:Michael Billington 456: 376:Danny Lilithborne 350: 329:Cromulent Kwyjibo 535: 522: 497: 495: 448: 342: 235: 214: 194: 192: 176: 161: 94:Christmas season 34: 543: 542: 538: 537: 536: 534: 533: 532: 531: 525:deletion review 518: 493: 491: 233: 212: 190: 188: 174: 159: 62: 48:the rewrite. - 44:The result was 37:deletion review 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 541: 539: 530: 529: 513: 512: 500: 484: 472: 460: 434: 429:Nunquam Dormio 418: 397: 381: 365: 356: 355: 354: 321: 320: 319: 318: 317: 316: 291: 290: 270: 269: 257: 244: 243: 242: 241: 222: 221: 199: 198: 197: 184: 147: 135: 115: 61: 56: 42: 41: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 540: 528: 526: 521: 515: 514: 511: 508: 504: 501: 498: 488: 485: 483: 480: 476: 473: 471: 468: 464: 461: 459: 455: 451: 447: 446: 441: 438: 435: 433: 430: 426: 422: 419: 417: 413: 409: 405: 401: 398: 396: 393: 389: 385: 382: 380: 377: 373: 369: 366: 364: 360: 357: 353: 349: 345: 341: 340: 335: 334: 333: 330: 326: 323: 322: 315: 312: 308: 303: 299: 295: 294: 293: 292: 289: 286: 285: 281: 278: 274: 273: 272: 271: 268: 265: 261: 258: 256: 253: 249: 246: 245: 240: 237: 229: 226: 225: 224: 223: 220: 219: 216: 208: 204: 200: 195: 185: 183: 180: 178: 177: 170: 169: 168: 165: 163: 162: 155: 151: 150:Strong delete 148: 146: 143: 139: 136: 134: 131: 127: 123: 119: 116: 114: 111: 110: 106: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 64: 63: 60: 57: 55: 54: 51: 50:Mailer Diablo 47: 40: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 519: 516: 502: 486: 474: 462: 445:CrazyRussian 443: 439: 436: 420: 399: 383: 367: 358: 339:CrazyRussian 337: 324: 297: 296:There is no 282: 259: 247: 227: 202: 201: 179: 172: 164: 157: 153: 149: 137: 130:Daniel Olsen 121: 117: 107: 97: 69: 65: 45: 43: 31: 28: 467:Flying Jazz 336:Not nice - 128:per nom. -- 507:BlueValour 388:JYolkowski 363:McTeedeium 307:JYolkowski 252:Sahasrahla 250:. Same. 140:per above 236:you know? 232:Just zis 215:you know? 211:Just zis 207:Winterval 154:Christmas 90:neologism 88:and is a 412:contribs 475:Abstain 425:Holiday 74:Holiday 68:and/or 372:WP:NEO 368:Delete 325:Delete 302:WP:NEO 298:policy 248:Delete 203:Delete 138:Delete 118:Delete 86:WP:POV 78:WP:NOR 66:Delete 479:Peyna 454:email 348:email 124:into 122:merge 72:with 70:merge 16:< 503:Keep 487:Keep 463:Keep 450:talk 437:Keep 421:Keep 408:talk 400:Keep 392:talk 384:Keep 370:per 359:Keep 344:talk 311:talk 284:1999 260:Keep 228:Keep 175:Alex 160:Alex 142:Jcuk 109:1999 98:many 82:WP:V 46:keep 492:Ans 390:// 309:// 234:Guy 213:Guy 189:Ans 496:ll 442:- 414:) 410:• 374:. 277:OL 209:. 193:ll 102:OL 84:, 80:, 494:e 452:/ 406:( 346:/ 280:P 191:e 120:/ 105:P

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Knowledge:Articles for deletion
deletion review
Mailer Diablo
15:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Winter holiday season
Holiday
WP:NOR
WP:V
WP:POV
neologism
Christmas season
OL
P
1999
00:13, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Holiday#The_Northern_Hemisphere_winter_holiday_season
Daniel Olsen
00:24, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Jcuk
07:56, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Alex
12:19, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Alex
12:21, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Ansell
Winterval
Just zis Guy you know?
12:58, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Just zis Guy you know?
11:34, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

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