Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alternative society


 * 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   delete. Cirt (talk) 03:59, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Alternative society

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This article is a vague catch-all for a bunch of different topics, all of which have articles of their own, from the underground press to organic gardening to new religions, all of which are somehow grouped under its vague title, but to no end. The tone is non-encyclopædic, reading more like a tutorial for the novice, and there are no references. At one time, it was discussed on the talk page that the article should be turned into a disambiguation page, with the content merged to the respective articles, but there is nothing here worth merging. Delete this mess as unreferenced, non-encyclopædic, OR, POV, and unsalvageable.- RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive'  18:46, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. not a useful article. It's just a glorified dictionary definition/example farm, and the nom's concerns about referencing and tone are important to remember. Maybe this could be a dab page though. --Rividian (talk) 18:55, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. I am not opposed to the idea of a dab page, but I cannot figure out how it would be done.  There are at least two other articles, Alternative culture and Alternative lifestyle, which are similarly vague and useless, which could fit under the same umbrella.  If they can be made to point to something useful, huzzah! ---  RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive'  19:27, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete "Alternative society" has been around a lot longer than Marx, probably since there was society at all. Northwestgnome (talk) 23:46, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


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