Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Individualist anarchism and anarcho-capitalism

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 of the debate was NO CONSENSUS. -- Jonel | Speak 02:59, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DO NOT TAKE THIS AFD CLOSING AS A MANDATE TO KEEP, MERGE, REDIRECT, DELETE, BLANK, OR ANY OTHER SUCH ACTION. No consensus means exactly that: there is no consensus.

• My findings from the commentary in this AfD debate:
  • This article is just as contentious as any other anarchism-related article.
  • An NPOV, sourced, objective comparison/contrast can be created.
    • Such a comparison/contrast is difficult to create.
    • There will always be disagreements about whether it actually is NPOV, properly sourced, and objective, whether it is or not.
    • This article might well permanently have cleanup tags indicating disputes.
  • A primary objection to the article is that it contains pairwise comparison rather than discussion of the span of forms of anarchism.
    • A "See also" section including links to any other pairwise or spectrum analysis articles, or a rightsidebar template or other solution to that effect, would draw attention to other comparison/contrasts.
    • Alternatively, this article could be merged into an article that deals with the entire spectrum.
  • The article is US-centric.
  • This AfD is extremely poisonous.

• My actions and reasoning (these actions, are of course, subject to the normal editing process):
  • I am adding a {{Globalize}} tag, as the page is US-centric.
    • This tag should remain until either the page is moved to a title that identifies it as relating to American individualist anarchism or it is given an international perspective.
  • I am adding a {{OriginalResearch}} tag.
    • This is not because the article is inherently OR, but because it is prone to have OR inserted into it. This article needs copious citations of specific arguments as well as a general reference list. Please add such citations before removing the OR tag.
  • I am adding a {{Controversial3}} tag to the talk page.
    • That this subject is controversial is beyond doubt.
  • I am blanking this AfD.
    • There are a few compelling, well-thought-out comments made in it, but they are dwarfed by the attacks from both sides. If anyone has a need of or interest in reading it, please refer to page history.
  • I am leaving the page where it is.
    • Feel free to consider merging, redirecting, or nominating for deletion again; do so on the article's talk page. I am recusing myself from any further decisions regarding the page's future.

Again, I have found NO CONSENSUS in this debate.

-- Jonel | Speak 02:59, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Individualist anarchism and anarcho-capitalism

Debate removed to page history. No consensus was found. Please check the history if you are willing to sort through numerous personal attacks to read the arguments for and against deletion.

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.