Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Big Ideas (Pub Philosophy)


 * 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   redirect to Pub Philosophy. Spartaz Humbug! 04:53, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Big Ideas (Pub Philosophy)

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Contested prod. Non-notable series of events. No third-party references. Delete.  Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 00:21, 3 September 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  21:26, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philosophy-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:36, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. No, wikipedia isn't a place to post the awesome things that happen at your pub, church, dorm room, or secret treehouse club in the backyard. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  02:13, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete for the same as above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vinithehat (talk • contribs)
 * Keep I realise I am late to this but as the original author I will give a justification: Wikipedia has articles about academic philosophical organisations (eg Forum for European Philosophy which I participate in) but does not have as many significant non-academic ones. This was a first attempt at adding some. Thinking about it more this article should have more about Big Ideas as an organisation rather than as an event.CafePhilo (talk) 16:11, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I made a start on thinking about how to improve this page yesterday and I suspect the emphasis and tone of the article are quite wrong and need a re-think. One option would be to merge this and Philosophy For All (an initiative of the University of London and also marked for deletion) with Pub Philosophy, which is actively being worked on. Are we in a hurry to delete this page outright before it's had much work done on it by people familiar with the subject? Helveticat (talk) 17:15, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The quality of the article is not part of the deletion rationale here. It all has to do with notability, that is, whether an article should even be started on this topic. Has "Big Ideas" been the subject of significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject? If not, no amount of editing can save the article, yet the content can be summarized in other articles. --  Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 17:38, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Merge content into Pub Philosophy which has the basic apparatus for material on philosophical circles, and delete. AllyD (talk) 08:52, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: It has potential. Why be in a hurry to delete? - Ret.Prof (talk) 13:50, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge to Pub Philosophy and Delete, per user:AllyD. Spatulli (talk) 19:12, 16 September 2010 (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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.