Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geometrism


 * 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. I don't think there is much dispute that this content is unsuitable so no harm in going with the deletion but its not entirely clear whether/where to redirect or use a disambiguation. Neither outcome requires an admins tools so I'll just leave the space with explicit confirmation that any user can redirect/disambiguate as they see fit. Spartaz Humbug! 10:40, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Geometrism

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Unsuitable for the encyclopaedia, unsourced and reads like an essay JMHamo (talk) 18:04, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2015 November 27.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 18:16, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. If the article must be deleted then at least redirect to Geometry.  IEdior (talk) 18:21, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note to closer: Iedior is a suspected sock per Sockpuppet investigations/AS92813.—Bagumba (talk) 11:48, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment 'Geometrism' isn't mentioned in Geometry. It looks from http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F02E6DD1F39EF3ABC4950DFB6678389639EDE that it did appear in the NYT, although how much used it's been since is another matter. Peridon (talk) 18:48, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete This started off as an obvious self-advert which included some background information - and an editor promptly came along and removed everything except the background information and what is now in the External Links section. However, while this has left a possibly improvable article on a probably notable artistic movement, we already have an article on it at Geometric abstraction, which seems to be a more common name for this (and a slightly better article). While I would be willing to see anything worthwhile from this article merged there, there are at most two items mentioned here that are not already mentioned in Geometric abstraction (Geometrism as an alternative name of the movement, and Naum Gabo as a relevant artist), and both would need confirmation from reliable sources before they could be added there. A redirect from this particular title is probably inappropriate, as "geometrism" has also been used (and apparently rather more often) to refer to several other movements (mathematical, philosophical and even other artistic ones). PWilkinson (talk) 19:32, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge and redirect to Geometric abstraction. The term "geometrism" isn't unknown and describes a real thing, so delete doesn't seem to be appropriate. De Guerre (talk) 23:28, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger One ping only 12:10, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete as per 's excellent analysis.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:45, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. Delete's too harsh for such a common term. smileguy91talk - contribs 16:51, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per PWilkinson. A new article (or disambiguation page) might be written to discuss the uses of the term in art, mathematics, and philosophy. Norvoid (talk) 17:36, 6 December 2015 (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.