Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cumulative effect

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:02, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cumulative effect

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I really don't know what to do with this article, so I thought I'd bring it here to find out if someone has a better idea than to just delete it. I figured I might rename it to something else, but I really can't make out the topic. "Cumulative effects in the ecology of Alberta"? QVVERTYVS (hm?) 20:20, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as non-notable term. I don't think it even has a real definition, but was used in several reports or complaints or something. Ansh6 6 6 21:23, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 15:48, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:27, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:27, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:28, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having a really hard time seeing how this rises, or can ever really rise, beyond the level of pure WP:DICDEF for what happens the dictionary definition of "cumulative" and the dictionary definition of "effect" are combined. The notion that it's a Canada-specific topic with no international application is also rather mystifying, because there can be "cumulative effects" in all kinds of domains besides Canadian environmental law: the cumulative effects of a long term medication regimen, for just one example. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 21:03, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - This is a dictionary definition with an example. -- Whpq (talk) 16:23, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.