Talk:firststuff

RFV discussion: January–March 2018
It shows on Google Books, but it seems they are just Poul Anderson's writing copied over again by Allen Sture and something called Snippet View. It does look like there is one from 2015 in Delphi Complete Works of Lucretius (Illustrated). Looking at the copied Poul Anderson articles, there would also be all the other -stuffs and coined terms in those ones too. How are we going to go about these? Anglish4699 (talk) 18:56, 4 January 2018 (UTC)


 * sourstuff just squeaked by with sufficient cites by other authors. I assume similar criteria get applied here: Have other SF authors adopted the term? Kiwima (talk) 19:31, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Don't know... Google Books Page 2 and so on doesn't show much else. Anglish4699 (talk) 22:03, 4 January 2018 (UTC)


 * waterstuff belongs to the same set. Equinox ◑ 03:36, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I added cites to this one. I would appreciate it if a second editor looked over them and made a judgement about whether they represent English. Kiwima (talk) 21:23, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 06:44, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Not cited. Again, please be more careful. The two Usenet cites were just people quoting Poul Anderson, so not independent. The Lucretius translation was obviously supporting a different (nonce?) sense, and wasn't even strictly speaking the same spelling. That leaves two cites. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 01:26, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * When I added the cites, as you can see if you look above, I ASKED that a second editor look them over, because I was dubious. No action occurs until after waiting a week and a half, I decide to pass the word because no one else seems to care enough to respond. Now you tell me to "be more careful" It feels rather like a slap. I put a lot of work into checking the words that get challenged here, putting aside any preconceived notions I may have in order to see what use, if any, is out there. Yes, I make mistakes, as do we all. But when I get dissed for it, it makes me just want to quit. Perhaps I should take a break from Wiktionary. Kiwima (talk) 02:52, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 21:24, 25 March 2018 (UTC)