Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Worker democracy


 * 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 and redirect. - CrazyRussian talk/email 20:16, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Worker democracy
This article seems to have no notable basis as a real-world concept. It describes something that sounds like a specific theory (references to information technology impacting workplace, a "philosophy", etc), but provides absolutely no sources, proponents, or evidence of notability. I can find nothing out on the net that could be used to substantiate the article. The article was created two years ago, by a user whose sole two edits were this article, and has received no other content edits. For the hesitant, this is not the legitimate workplace democracy article. David Oberst 06:25, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, per my nom. - David Oberst 06:25, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. The term receives over 12,000 Google hits, and is explained in detail in several online articles. All of which, by the way, are very interesting. tmopkisn tlka 06:46, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * But none seem to have anything to do with "information technologies" being "integrated into the organizational structure of businesses", "the cost of communication decreases", etc., which is the specific concept this article is purporting. "Democracy" is such a widely and variously used word that many common adjectives such as "worker" are going to pull up hits when combined with it, and not all phrases are going to share a coherent core concept to base an encyclopedia article on. In this case, I've found nothing that would apply to this article. If the above examples were to be used as the basis for some other article called "worker democracy" at a later date it would be unrelated to the current text, and this AfD will do no harm.  - David Oberst 07:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * comment I'm seeing that tmopkisn tlka believes this is a different concept from workplace democracy? is it?  I'm seeing enough overlap that I don't know a merge would be appropriate.  Could the difference, if any, be explained?  Tychocat 07:10, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * In answer to both comments, the articles I cited all seem to be talking about the same thing the article is, even if they do not mention specific details. Also, Tychocat is right, I saw alot of overlap as well, which is why I was very careful when pasting these links. I'll consider changing my vote, due to Oberst's comments, and to the fact that I was never really 100% behind this article in the first place. I'd like to think that those links might be of some help to other voters, since they took so long to find, but if they aren't, so be it. I did my best. tmopkisn tlka 09:34, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete as original research and/or neologistic expression and/or redundancy, etc. etc. Byrgenwulf 09:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Nod to tmopkisn tlka's research, but I don't think the concept warrants a separate article from workplace democracy.  It would have been useful to know the original writer's mind in this case, but since his/her last edit was two years ago, I don't expect we'll get that expertise.  Tychocat 12:44, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak delete Perhaps redirect to workplace democracy and if anyone feels there is something specific about worker democracy, they could insert a mention of this in the workplace democracy article? --BobFromBrockley 14:47, 2 August 2006 (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.