Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laws of happiness

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 delete. – Robert 00:36, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Laws of happiness

Seems like some kind of joke. No explanation of notability. JesseW, the juggling janitor 00:18, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

• Comment. A reference is provided. If this exists, it may not be a hoax. JFW | T@lk 00:25, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
  • The book citation is given as "Van, Bernard , et al. Happiness Quantified. Oxford University Press. 2005". There is a book by that title, but it is: Bernard van Praag and Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell (2004-04-06). Happiness Quantified: A Satisfaction Calculus Approach. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-828654-6. — note the differences in the authors and the year of publication. Looking at the excerpts from that book that are available as tasters, it seems unlikely that it contains anything as superficial as these three laws, albeit that it is possible. Uncle G 00:41, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Further note: There are books that explicitly address "the laws of happiness":
    • Jon Mundy (December 1998). The Ten Laws of Happiness. Royal Fireworks Publishing Company. ISBN 0880924535.
    • Ryuho Okawa (2004). The Laws of Happiness: Four Principles for a Successful Life. Lantern Books. ISBN 1-59056-073-6.
  • They appear to bear no relation to the content of this article. Uncle G 00:49, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Weak keep, doesn't appear to be any AFD criterion by which this should be deleted. Stifle 00:39, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
  • The criteria that apply are Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:No original research. Uncle G 00:41, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• The citation in the references section has been corrected. Aerapmcheecephy 01:27, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as patent nonsense. --YixilTesiphon ^{Say hello} 01:30, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as it seems the source has nothing to do with the content. ESkog | ^Talk 01:40, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - not notable. Blackcats 02:36, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as original research. Capitalistroadster 04:49, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Nonsense trying to masquerade as OR. Eusebeus 09:59, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. From the article: Corollary: The change in the total happiness level of the universe is always zero.. I would like to add: the difference between a bird is 10... carotes. :-) Gtabary 12:32, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Nonsense, whether the source agrees or not. How does one mathematically quantify 'happiness'?! StealthFox 22:51, 12 December 2005 (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.