Talk:quirkyalone
Latest comment: 3 years ago by The Editor's Apprentice in topic Data on early prevalence
Add the protologism tag?[edit]
This was only really used in a brief flurry of press articles about the (not particularly revolutionary) concept. Perhaps it deserves the protologism tag. Equinox 13:16, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- Six years later: guess what! The Wikipedia article no longer exists. Equinox ◑ 22:39, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
- Doesn't make sense why. It got a significant amount of coverage from prominent media outlets back in the day. Just because something fades off the radar doesn't mean it ceases to be notable from a historical or encyclopedic perspective. This is still used today, albeit much less. (NYT piece from September). -Cloudcuckoolander (talk) 06:19, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Data on early prevalence[edit]
The following information was originally in comments in the entry added by User:Richardb and has been moved here for ease of access. —The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 01:47, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
12 May 2006 - 134,000 Ghits, GBhits 2
Earliest AltaVista online ref found - 22 Aug 2000
over 30,000 AltaVista hits in 2006