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Clarification note

I have removed the clarification note that has just been added. I believe the meaning of the word "spiked" in this context is well-known and perfectly described what happens in these circumstances. Perry Middlemiss (talk) 02:58, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per my edit summary, I do not. Is it a colloquialism? On grounds of encyclopedic tone alone it is unsuitable. At best it is ambiguous. I asked if the intention was "tampered with? ceased? sabotaged?". If it is one of these, these terms are clear and unambiguous. "Spiked" is not. Mutt Lunker (talk) 10:30, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked at online versions of the American Heritage, Cambridge, Chambers, Collins, Merriam-Webster and Longman dictionaries and a hard copy of Macquarie. Collins, only, lists "Journalism slang- to refuse (a story) by or as if by placing on a spindle". This as its 22nd listing for the verb, for American English, 13th for British English. Not one of the others does (Dictionary.com does but Collins is the source). We should not be using slang terms in an encyclopedia, particularly not apparently fairly obscure ones, so far down the list of possible other meanings of the word. I'll change it to "refused". Mutt Lunker (talk) 20:29, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The word isn't anywhere in the article, and it's a major point of contention for her critics. EllieDellie (talk) 04:19, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]