Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reverse-Mercantilism


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The result was   merge to Mercantilism.  Sandstein  06:10, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Reverse-Mercantilism

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term with no evidence of wider use. Ironholds (talk) 15:35, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete only 70+ Google hits, see WP:NEO. Drawn Some (talk) 15:54, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Google: Results 1 - 10 of about 189 for "reverse-mercantilism".--Anarchysm (talk) 16:08, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * That's with duplications. Only 76 without.    The larger figure includes, for instance, Wikipedia user talk pages etc.  Even the 189 figure still doesn't take it beyond the ream of neologism. Drawn Some (talk) 16:46, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment Citations given: university professors that have used the term in their works.--Anarchysm (talk) 16:08, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep It would make sense to merge it with Mercantilism. fluoronaut (talk) 21:15, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Then surely that is a merge, not a keep. Ironholds (talk) 21:20, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I would hesitate to go along with a merger because I still believe it to be a neologism. Drawn Some (talk) 21:35, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh certainly, I'm not proposing one. I'm simply indicating that "keep, it should be merged" isn't a "keep" !vote, it is a "merge" !vote. Ironholds (talk) 06:00, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge Worth including in mercantilism article. ChildofMidnight (talk) 21:38, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge. Good idea CoM. It was used in 1950 so: "In reverse mercantilism, the state intervenes to make business more profitable". Also used in Time in 1989: "Trade under Comecon, the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, was based on a curious reverse mercantilism: the imperial country (the Soviet Union) supplied energy and raw materials that the colonies (the satellites) paid for in manufactured goods." Not a neologism (quite an old term), but it seems to have slightly different meanings and not be used that often. Fences and windows (talk) 23:04, 30 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment I disagree with a merge simply because of the fact that there may be some definitions not directly related to mercantilism; by having its own page, it can expand upon these definitions (EDIT: but I guess it could expand anyway under the mercantilism page, until it has some solid definitions- then it could be moved to have its own). Also, contrasting articles exist throughout wiki. --Anarchysm (talk) 13:13, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
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