Talk:hydraulophone

The word "hydraulophone" has been widely used in more than a dozen academic peer reviewed publications.

There are also three different corporations that manufacture hydraulophones: WhiteWater West, SCS Interactive, and FUNtain Corporation.

Hydraulophones appear in numerous installations around the world, in parks, waterparks, civic centers, and the like.

RFV discussion
I think it's a protologism. Equinox ◑ 23:27, 20 November 2009 (UTC)


 * A quick Google Scholar search turns up a number of articles using the word hydraulophone dating since 2006, many of which seem to be cited in the Wikipedia article as well. The question is, are they actually in refereed journals and independent of each other?  All of the articles appear to have the involvement of the "creator", Steve Mann, and the term is reportedly coined by the guy, which would seem to devalue the word in favor of being a protologism...  But the device described appears to actually exist, and is referenced as such in a number of articles (blogs and news articles), generally dating back no earlier than September 20, 2006, when the installation in Toronto appears to have been set up. Outside of references to the Toronto installation, however, there appears to be one mention of one in Staten Island made by the same company.  So the word appears to be in use to me.  The real question in my mind is whether it is a name or a real word.  --Pipian 06:59, 21 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I think that is certainly was a protologism, but could well now be a neologism. I've done a bit of cleaning up. SemperBlotto 08:05, 21 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm not entirely sure the quotes back it up as being used for anything other than the Steve Mann invention - and, given that it is a new invention, it seems hardly surprising that there is not yet wide-spread use of the word - it'd be interesting to see if there's a plaque on the huge outdoor hydraulohpone thing - would make a good citation. Conrad.Irwin 17:33, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

RFV failed, entry deleted. I looked at the Google Scholar hits, and none appears to be from a refereed academic journal, which would mean that only one use or mention is required, but rather, from conference proceedings, which means that three independent uses are required. I don't see three independent uses. If anyone else does, let me know, and I'll restore it so you can add citations. —Ruakh TALK 23:35, 12 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Correction: Cited by Conrad.Irwin. —Ruakh TALK 23:38, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

RFV passed. —Ruakh TALK 00:04, 4 September 2010 (UTC)