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Vanispamcruftisement (/ˌvænɪˌspæmkrəfˈtaɪzmənt/; sometimes abbreviated as vanispamcruft or VSCA) is a portmanteau neologism comprising several editorial faults which some Wikipedians see as cardinal sins: vanity (i.e., conflict of interest), spam, cruft, and advertisement. The term was coined by User:Freakofnurture to describe an article nominated for deletion which exhibited all the above properties, being an article apparently created by the owner of a small company about that company, name-checking the owner of the firm with a brief résumé of his skills, and in respect of a company whose products appeared on the face of it to be of strictly limited appeal outside the world of geekdom.[1]
These faults all exhibit poor neutrality and any one of them inherently violates Wikipedia's policy on bias.
See also
[edit]- Criteria for Speedy Deletion
- Conflicts of interest
- Autobiography
- Inclusion guidelines
- Guidelines on external linking
Notes
[edit]- ^ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SPURware diff from 13:20, December 29, 2005
Other bad ideas
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- Wikipedia:Complete bollocks
- Wikipedia:Cruftcruft
- Wikipedia:Grief
- Wikipedia:I wouldn't know him from a hole in the ground
- Wikipedia:List of really, really, really stupid article ideas that you really, really, really should not create
- Wikipedia:Listcruft
- Wikipedia:Spam event horizon
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not the place to post your résumé
- User:Durova/The dark side
- Wikipedia:Wiki-Hell
- User:Jamyskis/Wiki-Hell