Talk:kritocracy

RFV discussion: July–August 2018
One use. DTLHS (talk) 03:26, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Cited. Khemehekis (talk) 04:31, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Researching it, I've discovered that krytocracy is also a common spelling, so I've created that entry with four cites from Usenet. Khemehekis (talk) 04:51, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
 * The etymology of the term is + . Spelling this with a y displays ignorance.  --Lambiam 21:50, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Of course it's incorrect etymologically, but so are koala and ginkgo. The spelling "krytocracy" has appeared on reputable sources such as World Net Daily and The American Conservative, and gets more Usenet hits than kritocracy, so it should be included in Wiktionary. Khemehekis (talk) 00:51, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
 * These “reputable sources” only use the term in quotations; all are quotations from the same person, the late, writing on his blog To the Point. --Lambiam 17:24, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * If you google it, you will also find plenty of appearances of father and  or  and daughter. We should be able to state that something is a misspelling, as we in fact do at and .  --Lambiam 18:00, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I've changed the line at krytocracy to read Misspelling of . . .. (BTW, I checked out that bio of Jack Wheeler you linked -- interesting guy. He both led Mothers Against Drunk Driving and worked for the George W. Bush administration. How does he square MADD with serving a president with a DUI arrest?) Khemehekis (talk) 14:00, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

RFV-resolved Kiwima (talk) 22:32, 13 August 2018 (UTC)