Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Westfailure


 * 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 redirect to Susan Strange. ✗ plicit  12:32, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Westfailure

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This is a concept coined by a well-known scholar. There's little to indicate that the concept itself is well-known (as shown by the dominance of citations to the work that proposed the concept). If there is any content worth keeping, it should be merged with the Susan Strange article. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 01:04, 29 April 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  01:25, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and Social science. Shellwood (talk) 08:40, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Weak delete I was initially going to go with weak keep - Strange was an important scholar and IR on Wikipedia certainly isn't over-represented. But the secondary literature on the concept is just a tiny bit too thin to make it work, even if technically one could put together something plausible. I think some of the content should be recycled into Strange's own article and the article on sovereignty. Atchom (talk) 02:07, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Redirect to Susan Strange, as the concept has had some discussion/criticism in secondary sources, and probably warrants a paragraph or two of elaboration in her biography, but not a full article of exposition. Deletion seems a needlessly harsh measure when alternatives exist. --Animalparty! (talk) 15:59, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that a redirect and transfer of content over to Strange's page is suitable. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 16:22, 6 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Redirect it's a plausible search term and there is still continuing use of it.


 * Material can be incorporated onto Susan Strange's page. Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 11:45, 12 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Susan Strange and merge in useful information. If it gets too unwieldy there and requires splitting back out, the page history will be retained for easy editing - redirects are cheap. Jacona (talk) 12:52, 12 May 2022 (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.