Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Telephone participation


 * 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. There doesn't seem to be anything worth merging elsewhere, nor does this seem to be a likely search term justifying a redirect. Randykitty (talk) 12:51, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Telephone participation

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As far as I can tell, this is an ad for http://www.telephoneparticipation.com or the books by its founder Harlan J. Brown. The only references are to writings from the 60s that don't cover the "systematic program" being described. Ahecht ( TALK PAGE ) 22:33, 10 September 2014 (UTC)


 * In no way does this reference the books by Mr. Brown, or his commercial program. It only seeks to describe the concept of telephone participation, and the reference from the 60's is as valid today, as it was when written, and is the underlying initial basis for the Telephone Participation concept.


 * Since there are others using this in business, and a long record of it's success as a method of communication, I felt it warranted a listing (albeit incomplete at this time). Since I had no intention of referencing back to the author's actual work, I started with the initial founding principle, but will be expanding it over the next weeks, to include more references, and more of the concept.  Again, without ever referencing the books or programs.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joae996 (talk • contribs) 23:21, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:54, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete or merge to Marshall McLuhan. Neologism that didn't catch on. ~KvnG 23:21, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  D u s t i *Let's talk!* 00:44, 17 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Merge to Marshall McLuhan. Neologism about silly idea of putting a business executive "in a trance" by leaving him a series of phone messages. Edison (talk) 15:06, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nominator.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 17:46, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Two references.  One is to the primary source.  The other does not explicitly mention this topic.  I considered a redirect to Marshall_McLuhan, but there is not sufficient matching material there.  I considered whether the non-primary source, http://www.nextnature.net/2009/12/the-playboy-interview-marshall-mcluhan/ could support a merge of enough material to justify a redirect, but the material in that source doesn't justify the content here.  The playboy source could well be useful in adding material directly to Marshall_McLuhan.  Encourage userfication of this article to assist its author in adding content to Marshall_McLuhan, if the author would like that.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:49, 24 September 2014 (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.