Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Category Design


 * 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 keep. Consensus is that the concept satisfies the general guidelines for notabillity, but that the article's tone needs to be addressed. Tagging the article for tone improvement.  Malinaccier ( talk ) 22:39, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Category Design

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Unremarkable lump of jargon. TheLongTone (talk) 15:21, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 16:34, 16 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi there, thank you! I asked for help on the talk page, please also suggest improvements due to which you thought it should be here, so I can fix those particular issues. I researched the topic and read that book and articles. It is widely used in business and academics. I delivered a lecture to my students, so during a discussion, I thought this should be here so people could search and get a basic info about Category Design as it is now being used in Universities and among business people. Anyway, I have other resources I didn't include in the article. Should I do now? They are from reliable sources like Forbes and INC. Please suggest Prof.Marlin (talk) 18:13, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I have added those two resources Prof.Marlin (talk) 18:43, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I have updated some more links info and sources, hope that suffice Prof.Marlin (talk) 21:24, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep - Article is well sourced and easily passes WP:GNG. "Category Design" is a viable business strategy to create a market category for a product where the market category may not have existed before. Facebook and Uber are two well known businesses that have used this strategy.  CBS 527 Talk 12:16, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  So Why  11:12, 24 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Strong Delete - I don't know what "business discipline" is supposed to mean. The article appears to be regurgitation from a book by Dave Peterson, I don't think any of the other references use this term. Power~enwiki (talk) 00:52, 25 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep- I think this should be reviewed by academic professionals. The term is academic and business related as Facebook, Uber, Airbnb along with many successful businesses have used it already, universities and academic institutions welcomed this and students are seeking info about it. To me, this is academically important. I have added new info including references from the Entrepreneur, Harvard business review journal, INC, Forbes, and also found that Steve Jobs and Marc Benioff also emphasized on category design. Different businesses and business related people are focussing and writing about category design as a successful strategy for a business growth and some of the most successful business have used it, so this should be on Wikipedia as it passes WP:GNG and have enough reliable sources Prof.Marlin (talk) 10:51, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete There is a misunderstanding about Wikipedia in this article's creation. If this is to be kept (1) delete all cited sources which are not using the term "Category Design" then (2) delete all content in the article which is not backed with a citation. WP:GNG is not established for the subject. It is not apparent that the sources cited have a relationship to the subject of the article. Wikipedia is a place to summarize what has been published, and not a place for the first publication of ideas. It does not take an academic professional to determine that this article fails intro to research English 102, "writer failed to cite sources".  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  17:43, 25 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment I respect your opinion but 'Category Designing' is an evolution of 'Creating a category' for a product or company. The point is to let people know about this market and business strategy. I tried to add as much info as possible related to the subject after this discussion is launched. Maybe we can create something about it as it is/was being used by popular and successful businesses Prof.Marlin (talk) 20:22, 25 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep After reading and checking the references, I think it has enough references to pass from reliable sources (Books, Magazines, News, Industries, academics, Harvard) and is a business terminology adopted by start-ups and entrepreneurs. Chrisswill (talk) 21:54, 31 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep My indication is to keep this article because I feel it meets notability requirements and it's terminology that is used by the business community. I am a member of the Business WikiProject and the WikiProject Companies and find it infuriating that so many business articles tend to be deleted or poorly written. I will make a point to keep my eye on this article and work to make it better.Whoisjohngalt (talk) 00:23, 1 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment the AfD appears to be leaning towards keep, but the article quality is getting significantly worse from its already bad state. Sentences like "Steve jobs was a Category King becasue of the way he categorized his Apple products, Marc Benoiff also emphasized on category desiging as a business growth strategy" have no place in this article. Power~enwiki (talk) 02:27, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Would a redirect to Category management be a possible solution here? Power~enwiki (talk) 02:29, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets GNG in concept, but so poorly written. Salvageable, I revised the first few sentences and removed some of the later garbage. Either that or redirect it for now.DavidWestT (talk) 20:44, 1 August 2017 (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.