Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sociological theory of diffusion


 * 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 keep, discussion on whether, where and how to merge the sourced information should occur on the article's talk page. - filelake shoe  &#xF0F6;   10:15, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Sociological theory of diffusion

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This reads like an essay, and the idea is just non-notable. Thekillerpenguin    (talk)   22:11, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - the term exists, but this seems like a synthesis written as an essay. Bearian (talk) 22:25, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:17, 21 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Theo polisme  00:04, 27 November 2012 (UTC)




 * Keep/merge We have similar articles at diffusion of innovation and lateral diffusion. The topic is evidently notable and the rest is a matter of ordinary editing, not deletion. Warden (talk) 18:44, 27 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep The article cites a number of books and an Annual Review of Sociology article. The topic is notable with multiple reliable sources listed in the references. The article could use some work on developing inline citations and reducing the essay-like parts, but these are surmountable problems and AfD is not for cleanup WP:NOTCLEANUP. As diffusion of innovation and lateral diffusion are subtopics within the general topic of Sociological theory of diffusion, it makes sense to reference these subtopics within the article. Mark viking (talk) 23:37, 27 November 2012 (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.