Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Self (sociology)

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 no consensus to delete. W.marsh 13:55, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Self (sociology)

This is an essay, not an encyclopedia article. Relevant policies include No original research and Verifiability. Tagged with a "complete rewrite needed" template nine months ago; no rewrite followed. blameless 23:45, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete it's a well-written essay, but it's still an essay. Terms like "society" and "identity" have different meanings in sociology, but I don't see why we need separate articles for each one. Danny Lilithborne 00:51, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as abandoned essay without hope of references. --GunnarRene 02:38, 1 October 2006 (UTC) Comment It seems we have a volunteer that may be able to make this a relevant article. I still don't know whether or not it nees its own article, but I'm making my opinion a neutral one. --GunnarRene 08:09, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment, I have problems with the article... but I think this topic deserves a page and I would not want this AfD to bar it from recreation with real content. gren グレン 05:38, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - and move the essay to the talk page, replacing it on the article page with a stub. The essay may come in handy in providing avenues of research for the article, and there's no reason not to retain the essay in the history of the article - after all, it was displayed for many months. I have around 15,000 edits under my belt, and could easily write the stub if no one else wants to. --The Transhumanist 06:49, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
  • New stub/rewrite completed. Most of it was compiled from material presented elsewhere on Wikipedia, and has standard Wikipedia article structure, which should make it easier for others to refine and build upon. Let me know what you think. --The Transhumanist 09:10, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, without prejudice for or against a possible merge. It's now a different kind of article. But it needs to reference reliable sources about what the self is in sociology, and how it is different from the self in psychology and philosophy. I don't want to prejudice for or against a possible merge though. --GunnarRene 11:31, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. I see references to neuroscience and psychology. What does this have to do with sociology? I've done a little bit of research, and I'm not convinced that self is a key concept in sociology. blameless 17:44, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Transhumanist rewrite. It is definitely in better shape now to maybe becoming a worthwhile Wikipedia article. Agne 06:33, 8 October 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.