Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edwardian print culture


 * 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. Spartaz Humbug! 16:07, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Edwardian print culture

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Neologism; original theories and conclusions; sounds like a school or college essay tacked wholesale onto Wikipedia; possible spam; content fork; lacks notability; personal essay.

At worst it should be deleted. At best, a very few of the most salient cited points should be added to Edwardian era or Belle Époque or Print culture, and the article then deleted. -- Softlavender (talk) 03:50, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - Since a proposal for its own notability guideline is not established, it needs to follow General Notability Guideline or Notability (organizations and companies), which I must admit that this school in fact fails both. Unless someone proves the contrary my vote is going to be Delete, otherwise does not count up my vote. Eduemoni↑talk↓  04:53, 26 April 2011 (UTC)


 * This isn't about a school -- what article does your post refer to? Please delete or strike it and repost where it belongs. Thanks. Softlavender (talk) 05:14, 26 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - Looks like a personal essay filled with original content, I can't find something that would explicit its notability. Edue</b><b style="color:#D35">mo</b><b style="color:#E57">ni</b><sup style='color:green'>↑talk↓ </b> 20:35, 26 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - According to Edwardian era article, the period is between 1901 to 1910. However, Edwardian print culture also discuss the events prior to 1901, thus occurred during the late Victorian era. If you search the title of the page using a search engine, you can see that the majority of the resulting pages include the term "Victorian and Edwardian print culture". Victorian print culture is discussed in many research articles . It currently stays as WP:OR as none of the sources, as far as I can see, are directly related to the topic of the article. Nimuaq (talk) 21:19, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * <small class="delsort-notice">Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 21:39, 27 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Rename to Victorian and Edwardian print culture though, clearly, not many scholars call the topic "Edwardian Print culture" print culture during the end of the 19th, early 20th century would appropriately be called Edwardian Print Culture, and print culture is a very common historical theme, that can encompasses many different concepts. It is also clear, that during this time, print culture is talked about by many scholars to some depth (speaking as someone who has researched this area, newspapers alone have volumes upon volumes of scholarship). This article is certainly not structured very well in writing style, but the title of the topic is clearly notable, even though the use of the term is uncommon (if someone has a better title that would be awesome) the scholarly discussion on this era's print culture does exist and could use an overview article, Sadads (talk) 22:16, 27 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, all the sources that are used as references have titles which suggest coverage of print culture, which as I mentioned before, covers a lot of things including publishing, libraries, media consumption and availability of works, such as periodicals, Sadads (talk) 22:23, 27 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Not a workable solution, Sadads. The Victorian and Edwardian eras lasted from 1837 to 1910. The article covers 1880 to 1914, which fits neither nor both. It's just a rambling mess that covers what it wants to and concludes what it wants to: original theories and conclusions, and a personal essay that someone has decided to post on Wikipedia rather than a blog, for some odd reason, possibly for spam and personal gain. Softlavender (talk) 01:48, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
 * It is though, because we have things called tags, which can identify that it a) doesn't cover the topic completely, b) is essay-like, and c) contains some original research. Deletion is for Non-notable topics or complete bungling of Wikipedia policies, this current article is simply a few mistakes and the scholarship is there to reinforce such a topic to exist, there is no rush to delete it only a month after it was started, Sadads (talk) 10:04, 28 April 2011 (UTC)


 * As has been noted by myself and Nimuaq, the article doesn't cover the Edwardian period, nor does it cover the Victorian period, nor does it cover both. It basically covers the Belle Epoque period in England. Your solution was to retitle it "Victorian and Edwardian print culture", and I and Nimuaq have explained why that doesn't work, not to mention the fact that this is a neologism, and a new concept and new conclusion, and therefore not appropriate for Wikipedia. Unless you have another solution, your solution as it stands doesn't work. Anything salvageable in the article can be transfered to the appropriate existing article(s). Softlavender (talk) 10:20, 28 April 2011 (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.