Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Necessary evil


 * 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 - CrazyRussian talk/email 04:03, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Necessary evil
A short, diffuse essay on the topic, which has lots of potential to become a long, diffuse essay. WP != soapbox. Delete Wile E. Heresiarch 01:12, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete as OR, unless references can be found (and something significant can be said). --InShaneee 01:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Original Reasearch. SynergeticMaggot 01:18, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Not much material for anything but a definition of an expression. Maybe it should be a wictionary entry. --Xrblsnggt 01:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete The only thing that can be said about necessary evil that's NPOV is its definition, which belongs in wiktionary.--SweetNeo85 01:43, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, fails WP:NPOV and WP:NOR. --Core des at talk. o.o;; 02:23, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: Dictdef + OR. It seems to exist to give its external link, so there is some advertising, too.  It is possible to have an encyclopedic article on the theory of the necessary evil, but this isn't it.  Geogre 02:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, but it would be good to have an entry on the subject of evil in general. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.250.202.104 (talk • contribs) 01:23, July 21, 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless someone comes up with something encyclopedic to say about it (it is a widespread phrase after all). Fireplace 11:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with Evil for the moment. Zargulon 12:18, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge - might end up worthy of full article, but this isn't it. Also a similar concept to The ends justify the means, could maybe be pulled together with that. Ace of Risk 13:30, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and other deletes. Artw 14:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as original research —  Fire Fox  21:36, 21 July '06
 * Delete per WP:NOR and WP:SOAP Bucketsofg✐ 00:56, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:NOT a dictionary of quotations or a soapbox. Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:14, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge Looks like a good idea to merge it.  I wrote the article. I'll put it into one of  the others. Barbara Shack 12:40, 24 July 2006 (UTC)  I've put it into "The ends justify the meansBarbara Shack 13:09, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge as per Barbara Shack -(chubbstar) — talk
 * 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.