Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cipher of Peace

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE; just because Foucault said it doesn't mean it's worthy of a redirect. Golbez 19:48, May 17, 2005 (UTC)

Cipher of Peace
Odd, somewhat cryptic passage that explains "war is the cipher of peace", among other things. Original research, or soapbox, or just plain weird. Google only draws seven hits on the phrase "cipher of peace". --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 00:52, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Burn at the stake! BLANKFAZE | (&#1095;&#1090;&#1086;??) 01:05, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * d: I would have gone with .  Joe D (t) 01:19, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This seems more like a candidate for speedy deletion. (M412k forgot to sign off)
 * Speedy Delete, I'd say this falls *just* under the "nonsense" category. Master Thief Garrett 02:35, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure it's nonsense...but is it patent nonsense? --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 17:49, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not at all suitable as an encyclopedia entry. --  B.d.mills  (Talk) 02:40, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * This quote is from the 2003 documentary "NAQOYQATSI". I personally rented this film from blockfuster back in 2003 in the special interest section.  Interesting movie, for a little while anyways. (66.177.178.81 did not sign off)
 * ...but not as good as Koyaanisqatsi. So war is kept at bay through peace that is not as peaceful as it seems? Who'da guessed? Either delete or redirect somewhere that this makes sense (Pax Americana, perhaps?) Grutness...  wha?  08:18, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, though I recommend speedy. I definitely think this qualifies as patent nonsense. Wikipedia is not a Zen monastery, we don't deal in koans.--MikeJ9919 20:28, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Orwellian nonsense Stancel 00:37, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
 * REDIRECT to Michel Foucault - Cipher of peace comes from a Foucault quote: "Beneath the omissions, illusions, and lies that make us believe in the necessities of nature or the functional requirements of order, we are bound to reencounter war: it is the cipher of peace." Kingturtle 18:53, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Michel Foucault, although initialliy I thought this was some sort of supreme mathematics type nonsense. Klonimus 05:41, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Jessicab 02:46, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
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