Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ševčenko's law


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   no consensus. Spartaz Humbug! 10:34, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Ševčenko's law
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This article has almost no content or citations, it is a stub. Also it claims to be a law, which is clearly not possible in the matter. if anythign it should be a part of criticism of history. Also who is Sevcenko, what does the source provided have to do with it, is this really a respected theory, because it is most certianly not a law. This seems like an irrelevant and fringe factiod. Ishmaelblues (talk) 15:32, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 14:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

yes lets move the stub to the Ihor Ševčenko page Ishmaelblues (talk) 14:48, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. From a quick Google search, I found the book The Christian tradition in Anglo-Saxon England; on page 42 there is a mention of the function of the law, with a reference that names it. I will add the reference to the article which will take care of one point for deletion. Also, it is not uncommon for things that are not true physical laws to be called "laws". I would be OK with it being merged into a larger article, though it seems that Criticism of history does not exist. Awickert (talk) 18:49, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable enough for the source provided. Also, the nominator may wish to familiarise themselves with the broad usage of the term "law" in the English language. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 01:12, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Ihor Ševčenko is a famous historian of Eastern Europe,, with a festschrift dedicated to him, and therefore appropriate for an article. However, this is exceedingly trivial. Given that we haven't the least idea of where he actually said it, or if he said it, and what the context was, there is not any basis for making an encyclopedia  entry for such a platitude, that historians tend to study the same examples. . DGG (talk) 06:40, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It's definitely more than a mere platitude. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 19:26, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete This "law" reminds me of the law of limited competition cretaed by Daniel Quinn, which use to be its own page. Both have the same problem, the are not laws a represent radical ideas, additional a "historical" law is the result of simple ignorance. This "law" has even less internet content than Quinn's "law." This "law" also has had no impact of the field of history, it is mentioned in one book about anglo-saxons as a google search will reveal. At most this should be added to an article on its creator (and if he does not have an article should his ideas) or to some other page, because as of now it is a stub, without an y mainstream acceptance and is extremely obscure. it is agreed this article is exceedingly trivial. Ishmaelblues (talk) 14:43, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article may benefit from illustrations of usage, but stubby status is not necessarily proof of non-notability and a criterion for deletion. Of course, "law" in English may just refer to a tendency for certain things to happen (cf. Murphy's Law and see the many other instances listed at Category:Adages), so I can't see the objection there. Cavila (talk) 13:22, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You are right ... that objection is indeed totally spurious, and only shows that the people voicing it do not understand how the English language works. 19:26, 2 August 2009 (UTC)Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk )
 * 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.