Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Power and Control


 * 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 - original research with strong POV problems. Krakatoa Katie  18:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Power and Control

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An unreferenced diatribe. Alksub 20:21, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete - utterly incoherent, unstructured rambling original research, with no references. Oli Filth 20:23, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment I doubt it's original research but it could be clearer--Pheonix15 20:39, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, not much more to say here, just ... wow. Eleland 20:24, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Wow! what an article. It could be rewritten to be more clear etc--Pheonix15 20:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete due to original research essay and lack of references. No prejudice against a sourced re-creation titled Power and control wheel which has numerous Ghits in domestic violence programs like this one. Canuckle 20:45, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per Oli. It still sounds like a diatribe. Not to mention failing WP:RS. -- B figura (talk) 20:50, 29 August 2007 (UTC) See below
 * Weak Keep pending cleanup and sourcing. It looks as though there is the makings of an article here. -- B figura (talk) 01:29, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Barely coherent essay - highly POV, with a good smattering of OR. Iain99 21:25, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - as per Iain99 and created due to a possibility of a meds imbalance. --WebHamster 21:31, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * STRONG STRONG STRONG keep - it's an amazing article, the author is clearly working on it to provide references, detail and cleanliness. I cannot stress enough it must be kept. Surely Wikipedia must begin to look at these articles, and not destroy them, but allow people to improve them. Porterjoh 21:45, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - Personally, I don't believe an article should be created until the author has the article mostly or completely finished. I've seen in the Newpages have a dozen times, an article that reads nothing but "Don't delete this, I'll work on it later".  If an article does not yet meet stub requirements, it shouldn't be added to Wikipedia. TheInfinityZero 21:47, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - Well, take it off then, if the author can back it up. Porterjoh 21:51, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete OR - gotta go. MarkBul 22:15, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * keep - find some references for the poor newbie, and show what an encyclopedia is. The subject is fine, the article blows.  --Rocksanddirt 22:36, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - in an effort to at least make it readable I've re-formatted the article and done a basic wikification. You never know it may sway someone's vote :) --WebHamster 23:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * first keep vote - thank you for each piece of constructive criticism, thank you in the highest order to WebHamster for an incredible clean up job (I have no idea how you did that) and thank you to Aqthoclea for suggesting Wiki styles and methods not yet known to me. I appreciate the POV perspective and humbly suggest that the Power and Control Over Women IS POV as is the Power and Control over Men, it seems to me however that with each on opposite sides of a scale the equal NPOV. OR the male perspective was peer reviewed without adverse comment through private letters, hence it is published and peer reviewed.That perspective has existed for over twenty years. The female perspective was simply inserted into the Public Domain purposefully with out claim to author or copyright. This persepctive has existed for more than thirty years.Both absolutely began as novel narratives of proposed conditions: they now have existed for so long as to be accepted concepts. The original Power and Control Wheel is now found in USA Government manuals and I have made request of friends on the cite, permission to cite and license to include. I am following a similar approach on the Power and Control over Males Wheel. The Power and Control concept as a political tool, and both wheels, are rambling, incoherent and probably less than precise and yet find their way into serious public policy discussions. There has been an assertion that the article is diatribe, I personally see no bitterness, abusive speech or satire: I do find it ironic to need to defend an effort at definition and illustration of political tools and concepts that have existed for decades. I apologise for my tardiness, cut and paste just is not working for me: I loose text, cites, hyperlinks et al, I do not know why. I apologise for this lengthy debate entry, if knowledge is power, than I seek only to impart some small part of power to each Wiki reader from some small understanding of a concept that has been used in the western world for a considerable period of time.BobV01 01:21, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Rocksanddirt but get get sources. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim  02:16, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Awesome! Accurate, but references would be good. — Chadleek (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Delete as OR or at least SYNTH. The only cited reference is another Wikipedia article. Dbromage  [Talk]  04:12, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment I have added but a few references but I must sleep, friends are arriving to add links, references et al please hold onBobV01 05:44, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - You have done an admirable job of tidying up the article, and making it more coherent and readable, so many thanks. However, the article does still fall short, in that it's still littered with POV and unreferenced claims, and I'm not sure whether directly repeating the content of the wheel is some sort of copyvio or not.  I will try to address these concerns myself when I have more time later today.  Oli Filth 08:05, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Got a few more references in, and will substantiate "unreferenced claims", again sorry I am so slow. POV is a problem: there are essentailly two opposing POVs; again I assert that- two opposing POVS presented together net a NPOV, and yet I acknowledge the concern. On one side is a group who assert a global patriarchy and oppose gender neutral lanquage, on the other side is the other half of the world who assert their own instances of injustice and rights. A consistent problem has been weak empirical evidence, propaganda and POV discussions rather than NPOV. I really hope a Wiki editor complains about "so you got references, why are they not cited above" as in getting the little numbers next to the points in the body that the references substantiate. Other than caffiene, I am undrugged despite assertions to the contrary, and yet for them and my resultant smile - thank you: I have tried the style guide and help, and have to date, gotten no where.BobV01 14:32, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment An AfD discussion lasts for five days, so no need to drug yourself up with caffeine to get it finished :-) - there's plenty of time to improve the article. However, I suggest that you you read WP:NPOV throughly before you make any more edits. Too much of it still reads like a partisan essay rather than an encyclopaedia article. In particular, note that statements which are obviously matters of opinion need to be removed or else clearly ascribed to someone, not presented as fact. For example, do not say "Most notably obnoxious in the first Power and Control Wheel is the Economic Portion..." but rather something like "The Economic portion has been criticised by John Doe for 'denying budgets as a relevant family finance tool' (reference), but was defended by Joe Bloggs as '...' (another reference)". Also read WP:NOR and in particular the section on synthesis, as I think there's a bit of this in the article. Best, Iain99 16:06, 30 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment I have labeled BobV01's three independent votes as "first, second, and third". Early and often... Eleland 14:47, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment I have added a few references and links, I have a whole body of empirical studies to reference yet, I truly need to get a few other things done first though.BobV01 15:36, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Just in case it wasn't clear, this is really pointless, and you're making your own side look dumb. Make your opinion known once, if you have more salient information, go ahead and post it, but don't give the impression you're trying to "stack" the debate. Eleland 15:41, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, riduculous original-research essay. wikipediatrix 00:47, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete This is an original research diatribe. There is nothing that can be salvaged here.  The sources cited are not actually being used in an encyclopedic manner.  Just because it "looks" like an article with good formatting does not mean that there is any encyclopedic content.  Someone with some writing skills appropriate to Wikipedia's encyclopedic style could start from scratch writing an article about the "Power and Control Wheel" graphic, but nothing from this article (other than the graphic itself) would be useful for the new article.  OfficeGirl 20:04, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. Needs cleanup and a great deal of format and NPOV work.  Deletion of some OR wouldn't hurt either.(RookZERO 03:55, 2 September 2007 (UTC))
 * Delete - the article is a synthesis and therefore original research-- Cailil  talk 16:40, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete Many of the sources don't even mention the text their supporting. Contains a lot of synthesis of published material. Even uses wikipedia as a "source". I don't think it's possible to clean this up. Even if it is notable, it would be best just to start over. Neitherday 16:43, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment I have, today, requested some reviews of the article, to date. I wondered what on Earth Neitherday could be talking about until I clicked first note that I got to, generally in the ball park, it probably is not my intended Footnote, Please be aware that others have been kind enough to help with formatting, and that there have been a few Foot Note and Reference additions: More importantly I added poorly formatted refs and foot notes, I cede without hesitation that the footnotes need reconcilliation, I intend to do that. Some may disagree, but I am not trying to advance a position, I hope the perception of synth comes from the footnote situation. Coments regarding POV are also welcome, I have attempted to correct that situation but remain unsure of my success.Thank you to everyone who has offered critiquesBobV01 17:18, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment In addition to the footnote reconcilliation, there are Wiki links to articles not yet written: Interpersonal relationships, misandry caucus to name but two, yes I have work to do.BobV01 17:30, 4 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.