Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/High Touch


 * 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 No consensus. WaltonOne 14:32, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

High Touch

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WP:NEO, dictionary definition, and lack of incoming links precluding teh encyclopedic value of this article.--ZayZayEM 01:50, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a neologism that has become widely adopted, with over 12000 Google News Archive results and 100 current results. The respected Double-Tongued Dictionary has an entry with citations dating back to the 1980s. This is a term recognizable to anyone in any type of marketing or service industry. --Dhartung | Talk 06:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * But can it be expanded beyond a dictionary definition?--ZayZayEM 07:35, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Dictionary definition. Lurker  (said · done) 10:58, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as dicdef. Eusebeus 20:12, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'd say merge into Megatrends, but that page doesn't exist, strangely. Pinball22 17:18, 7 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Citi Cat   ♫  19:00, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete Wikipedia is not a dictionary. MarkBul 20:03, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Clearly notable.  Term exists on its own now as evidenced by a quick google search, and is not generally associated with the book in which it was coined.  It's a real business phenomenon, not just a word needing to be defined.  Many articles on this.  The article is a stub that needs expanding with what "high touch" is - the business / marketing practice, not the word, the history, how that relates to computerization, etc.  But stubbiness isn't grounds for deletion.  The underlying notability question is whether this is something that people should know about, and the answer is yes.  Wikidemo 20:31, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * keep In my line of business people use the term in many different ways and there is no clear definition. Clearly, this is a term that will evolve over time and it would be interesting to note its evolution - especially as the world gets more and more wired. It could come to mean the kind of service you get in starbucks (in fact - high touch is what makes starbucks popular, not the bean) It is intended that the article grow as usage of the term evolves. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Savio2net (talk • contribs) 08:38, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * delete, WP:NOT a dictionary. &mdash; mark &#9998; 14:50, 18 September 2007 (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.