Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Libertarian perspectives on revolution


 * 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. Stifle (talk) 15:39, 1 September 2008 (UTC) Keep as amended. Stifle (talk) 18:01, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

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Anarcho-capitalist perspectives on violent revolution

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original research, questionable notability at best, looks like an ideological fork at best and at worst it could be one person's perspective, cited though it is. either way, it isn't encyclopedic. creator banned from wikipedia. Buridan (talk) 10:19, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

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 * Delete This is more like an essay, not an encyclopedia article. Northwestgnome (talk) 11:04, 24 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep Delete: Current article because POV original research/synthesis with WP:BLP problems (implying some editors support violence when they merely talk about revolution, but they might mean nonviolent revolution). Unless it got changed to much broader "Libertarian perspectives on revolution" which just listed various viewpoints with minimal simple categorization and without all the editor's personal opinions and POV categorizations.
 * 8/29/08 addition: The name having been changed to broader "libertarian perspectives on revolution", all the WP:OR/synthesis categorizations and ramblings removed, worst non-WP:RS sources removed, better quotes and sources put in. Still working on more notability refs, but many of those quoted directly on this topic are libertarian professors who are widely published. Also note there are a number of such articles under Category:Libertarian_theory, some better than others.  This one is shaping up pretty good. Please take another look.  additonCarol Moore 13:11, 24 August 2008 (UTC)Carolmooredc {talk}
 * Keep I am sure there is a wealth of information on anarcho-capitalists' views on violent revolution in general, as there has been much discussion of the American Revolution, etc. See for instance http://www.libertariannation.org/b/strategy2.htm#rev EVCM (talk) 16:13, 24 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: in the interim User:Nihilo 01 changed the name back to "Anarcho-capitalist perspectives on revolution." Carol Moore 23:50, 25 August 2008 (UTC)Carolmooredc {talk}
 * It probably should be changed to Libertarian perspectives on revolution. There would likely be more references, since there are more libertarians than the smaller subset of anarcho-capitalists. EVCM (talk) 04:22, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I would say change it to that, take out all the original, now banned original editor's unsrouced and/or original research, including in section headings, and then see what the editors above think. I'll vote back to Keep if that happens and will be glad to change the problematic material myself. Carol Moore 22:37, 28 August 2008 (UTC)Carolmooredc {talk}


 * Delete This is interesting, I guess, but not at all encyclopedic and amounts to a lot of OR, even in the "Libertarians perspectives..." form.  Imagine how widely Wikipedia would expand if all these kinds of articles were allowed.  Would we have "Neo-liberal perspectives on post-colonialism"?  I hope not.  Markdsgraham (talk) 23:29, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Where do you see original research in this article? We have a lot of articles like this; check out the series of articles linked from Controversies within libertarianism. EVCM (talk) 03:36, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Read, study and think about WP:original research Carol Moore 22:26, 29 August 2008 (UTC)Carolmooredc {talk}
 * That doesn't answer my question, but whatever. The article appears devoid of OR to me. EVCM (talk) 22:59, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * You knew it when you saw it here :-)


 * 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.