Wikipedia:Version 0.5 Set Nominations/Ideologies & philosophical movements

Ideologies & philosophical movements
This is the original proposal; for the revised proposal see the list below. Seems to be a set to include because political aspects are in minority in the release. Lincher 15:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Anarchism (looks A to me, Walkerma 04:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC))
 * Anarcho-capitalism, FA
 * Capitalism, probably B-class
 * Communism, probably B-class
 * Consumerism, probably Start-class
 * Cosmopolitanism, Start-class
 * Critical theory, probably Start-class
 * Economism, probably Stub-class with NPOV
 * Empiricism, close to A-class
 * Epicureanism, probably B-class
 * Existentialism, probably B-class
 * Fascism, probably B-class
 * Liberalism, close to A-class
 * Libertarianism, FA
 * Marxism, probably A-class
 * Mercantilism, FA
 * Moral economy, probably Start-class
 * Nihilism, probably B-class but needs sources
 * Relativism, probably Start-class but NPOV
 * Self-ownership, probably Start-class
 * Skepticism, probably B-class
 * Social market economy, probably Stub-class
 * Socialism, close to A-class
 * Stoicism, close to A-class
 * Taoism, close to A-class
 * Utilitarianism, close to A-class but needs sources


 * There are some really well-referenced articles here, but also a number of real duds here. Economism, Epicureanism, Marxism, Relativism, Self-ownership, Social Market Economy, and to a lesser extent skepticism all seem to be very sparesly sourced. Because this is a controversial/frequently-disputed subject area, I wouldn't mind seeing it pared down; all those POV/disputed tags are why the subject area is relatively weak, after all. Nifboy 16:45, 31 August 2006 (UTC)


 * A very nice set, sorry I took a while to look at it. I think there are lot of nice articles on important topics, though Nifboy is right about some being poor.  I'd accept Marxism - it's a very important topic - but reject the other articles Nifboy mentions. If anarchism didn't have a POV tag I'd have been surprised! Thanks for putting this together! Walkerma 04:11, 30 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Nice articles, and we should definitely consider including some in the release. However, since the scope of V0.5 is rather small (1000-2000 articles I believe), to enforce balance, we shouldn't add more than 5-10 of these to the release. I suggest removing from this list all POV and disputed articles, then voting for the 5-10 most important. Alex Nisnevich 02:18, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, based on comments above, here is a subset of the list:

Revised list
 * Anarchism (looks A to me, Walkerma 04:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC))
 * Anarcho-capitalism, FA
 * Capitalism, probably B-class
 * Communism, probably B-class
 * Empiricism, close to A-class
 * Existentialism, probably B-class
 * Fascism, probably B-class
 * Liberalism, close to A-class
 * Libertarianism, FA
 * Marxism, probably A-class
 * Mercantilism, FA
 * Nihilism, probably B-class but needs sources
 * Socialism, close to A-class
 * Stoicism, close to A-class
 * Taoism, close to A-class
 * Utilitarianism, close to A-class but needs sources

Discussion on revised list Bearing in mind that some of these are philosophical and some are political, I think we can include all 16 of the revised list. Alex, one reason that the list was offered here was to try to restore balance, because these areas are under-represented at present. Also, my experience here at V0.5 is that getting a nice body of related articles like this on important topics is very valuable; if you end up with (say) capitalism but not socialism it severely weakens the listing. So I propose we keep all 16. Walkerma 04:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, looking over the list, I agree with you that these are all important articles to include in V0.5. Alex Nisnevich 16:07, 8 November 2006 (UTC)