The result of the debate was delete. Tito xd( ?!?) 01:45, 9 July 2006 (UTC) reply
Deletion as libertarian neologism with little impact on discourse (delete under WP:NEO). Fewer than 1,000 hits on google [1] (with the bulk being from blog posts and chat forums etc..) Zero relevant hits on Google Scholar [2], indicating term is not being used in serious academic discussion. A Google Books search brings up "Seastead" as a neologism coined in the late 1960s to describe the possibility of a US federal government initiative to encourage the US States to distribute sea resource rights to entrepreneurs more effectively (a plan which I'm sure the libertarians would hate) [3]. This 1960s government neologism doesn't seem to have caught on, which is why we don't even have underwater sea colonies today, never mind cities on the moon. The Books search also suggests "Seasteading" as a slang term used to describe self-sufficient sailing (sort of like Kevin Costner in Waterworld but without the gills). The sailing term seems to date back to the 1970s [4]( see the reader comments on amazon). A Factiva multi-decade search of newspapers and magazines only brought up a few hits, which were all related to the 1970s sailing movement or to people with Seastead as a surname. Perhaps the libertarian neologism will became more influential in the future but Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Possibly an article about Seasteading - the self-sufficient yachting lark - is in order, but this would be best filed under Seasteading which is currently just a redirect to the afd article. Note that Patri Friedman, one of the coiners of the libertarian neologism is currently under afd nomination scrutiny. Bwithh 05:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC) reply
The result of the debate was delete. Tito xd( ?!?) 01:45, 9 July 2006 (UTC) reply
Deletion as libertarian neologism with little impact on discourse (delete under WP:NEO). Fewer than 1,000 hits on google [1] (with the bulk being from blog posts and chat forums etc..) Zero relevant hits on Google Scholar [2], indicating term is not being used in serious academic discussion. A Google Books search brings up "Seastead" as a neologism coined in the late 1960s to describe the possibility of a US federal government initiative to encourage the US States to distribute sea resource rights to entrepreneurs more effectively (a plan which I'm sure the libertarians would hate) [3]. This 1960s government neologism doesn't seem to have caught on, which is why we don't even have underwater sea colonies today, never mind cities on the moon. The Books search also suggests "Seasteading" as a slang term used to describe self-sufficient sailing (sort of like Kevin Costner in Waterworld but without the gills). The sailing term seems to date back to the 1970s [4]( see the reader comments on amazon). A Factiva multi-decade search of newspapers and magazines only brought up a few hits, which were all related to the 1970s sailing movement or to people with Seastead as a surname. Perhaps the libertarian neologism will became more influential in the future but Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Possibly an article about Seasteading - the self-sufficient yachting lark - is in order, but this would be best filed under Seasteading which is currently just a redirect to the afd article. Note that Patri Friedman, one of the coiners of the libertarian neologism is currently under afd nomination scrutiny. Bwithh 05:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC) reply