Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Escalator Productivity

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The result of the debate was Delete Jtkiefer  T - 06:11, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Escalator Productivity
This isn't complete gibberish, so I guess it can't be speedily deleted. It ought to go away, though, leaving no trace. Pilatus 15:39, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - this is an encyclopedia; all bona fide information is appropriate, and the proper threshold for "notability" is "does it exist?". This topic meets both these criteria; therefore, it belongs here. Kurt Weber 15:41, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. "Does it exist?" I'd say no. Unverifiable, probable hoax/joke article. android  79  15:49, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * It certainly does exist...all that has to be true for a theory to exist is for it to be stated somewhere--and it is at Escalator Productivity. Kurt Weber 16:26, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * If this "scientific theory" exists only on Wikipedia, then it is original research and should be deleted. android  79  18:16, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * That it is "original research" is not a valid reason for deletion. The policy may claim otherwise, but the policy is wrong. Kurt Weber 20:27, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Deletion policy explicitly lists original research as a reason for deletion. No original research is one of Wikipedia's core policies. So are What Wikipedia is not and Verifiability, which this article also fail miserably. I am dumbfounded at the continued defense of what is essentially a joke. If the "policy is wrong," feel free to attempt to change it through consensus. android  79  21:25, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, the wrong policy came about through consensus; "consensus" is as flawed as the policies it creates. Kurt Weber 21:28, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - probable hoax; no Google hits JoJan 15:56, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Nothing on google/ content doesn't make sense; This is probably a made up vanity page by the contributer (who also tried to add to Pace University and Trey Thomspon). --Howrealisreal 16:09, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, per WP:NOT wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Including any theory ever invented by anyone is indiscriminate. Kappa 16:46, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Well put, Kappa. / Peter Isotalo 16:56, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. TheMadBaron 17:06, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, per Kappa. --Andy Janata 17:43, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, per Kappa. Thue | talk 18:12, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete per Kappa. Ditto on Karmosin's comment, btw, I don't think anyone could have said it better than that. When the creator of a subject in question whines and moans about the process on here, it usually means that they have nothing to show that it's notable. Karmafist 23:53, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - effectively original research if only stated online on wikipedia; Google search gave no effective results .--AYArktos 00:06, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, and sentence the writer to walking up the escalators in the Washington Metro. Those are some serious escalators... Meelar (talk) 03:53, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * ... especially when the power is out. Barno 07:39, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - original research.Vizjim 11:03, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nonnotable even if not original research. I tend toward inclusionism but there must be a line somewhere.  If this article were to survive, next would be an article on Extreme Inclusionism -- "a theory developed by James M. Lane, which states that some people want to put (or leave) inappropriate articles in Wikipedia." JamesMLane 00:01, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Kappa. (I commented just so I could write that:))— encephalon εγκέφαλον  04:44, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Bogus. Jonathunder 05:21, 24 September 2005 (UTC)


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