Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anarchist law

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The result of the debate was KEEP. Splash 01:59, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Anarchist law
Neologism. It's an interesting article for what it is but it's not appropriate for an encyclopedia. --Tothebarricades 19:58, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Mild keep This is an interesting article about an intersting topic. It needs more cited sources. Most google hits on the phrase seem to point to mirrors of this article. But this page uses the term in very much the same sense. If there is better documentation provided of the widespread use of the term, keep. otherwise Rename to something like Rules without laws. DES 21:04, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Though it's a weak keep.  Seems a bit like original research; maybe a neologism.  Some of the material is questionable.Mmmbeer 21:17, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep the article needs serious development, but anarchists regularly espouse normative statements of social behaviour, and suggest mechanisms to cause adjustments towards the norm: ie, law. Discussing these normative statements and mechanisms under the heading "Anarchist law" is probably most appropriate. Fifelfoo 23:50, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't it be better within a larger context? The anarchism article is kind of cramped, though. --Tothebarricades 04:09, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * "The Future Society of Anarchism" or equivalent title would result in the existing edit wars being played out as a series of normative statements. There's a difference between the normative statements of anarchism that "humanity requires no government to function effectively" and "social taboos would prevent murder."  The example of banishment or shunning without trial for socially abstract "crimes" is one that I consider sufficiently like "government" (in its form of mob rule) to be anti-anarchistic, yet many anarchists consider "banishment" to be a sufficient legal system.  Similarly, my strong feelings about the need to be confronted with specific charges, evidenced, and evaluated by the community before social sanction take place is considered "government" by others.  "Law" is probably the best heading.  By the way, "Anarchist economics" was colonised by par-econon supporters, who removed the prior content (mostly about the industrial commonwealth, the example I know best).  I predict that even amongst workers-movement anarchists the same would happen to a "future society" article which covered econ, law, gender, family, society, etc. Fifelfoo 04:17, 28 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep cf. the Anarchist FAQ. -Dv 14:03, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Not a neologism.  It has been common for at least 35 years, and probably was used by Individualist Anarchists since 1870.  The article should however show how it is related to the Natural law and Polycentric law.  However, traditional socialist anarchists may not like it because anarcho-capitalists immediately picked up the term when they extended their free-market beliefs to a stateless conclusion.  Nevertheless, both sides have used the term anarchist law. Carltonh 22:30, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I can't really understand why there's a VfD on this. Saswann 14:29, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.