Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Culture of 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. Mailer Diablo 15:40, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Culture of capitalism

This article is fundamentally POV Salvor Hardin 07:56, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Though this might be an article where there will be NPOV disputes, the topic does not seem fundamentally biased to me, and it covers an important aspect of captalism. Article seems to be off to a reasonable start with three cited sources. Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:04, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep. Possible or real POV disputes don't mean the article has to be deleted. It seems a like a pretty good start. -- Grafikm_fr ^(AutoGRAF) 10:11, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete. Capitalism is an economic system, it does not have a culture. You could speak of the cultural impact of capitalism but I wouldn't even support an article on that. Aside from complaints on the title, this article is also poorly written, extremely biased and offers no insight. Cedars 10:34, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete. Capitalism isn't an irrational belief system, as the article implies. Title sounds like original research. ProhibitOnions 12:11, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Grafikm_fr. POV is not cause for deletion. Capitalism does require certain cultural traits to be present before it takes root, and severely stresses other features of traditional cultures. Smerdis of Tlön 14:22, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia is not a collection of essays. We have the necessary articles already. Sumahoy 01:40, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep. It is a topic worthy of discussion, but if kept, it needs a big ol' {{NPOV}} tag until it is cleaned up. --JerryOrr 17:59, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• weak delete close to WP:OR, despite references. Maybe worth considering merging to Capitalism. Roodog2k 23:09, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete Original research / POV fork. Sumahoy 01:37, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• Not sure, but I definitely don't think it's POV. It presents information from various sources critical of capitalism. It's all sourced. Last time I checked, as long as something is verifiable, it's good for WP. The reason why I'm not sure if it should be deleted is its title. Maybe something like "Critiques of capitalism"? Could everyone just put their personal opinions about capitalism aside for a moment? My suspicion is that the keepers are critics of capitalism and the deleters aren't. Am I wrong? Jesuschex 03:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

It's also not original research, because it's all sourced. Jesuschex 03:15, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Any noteworthy comments could be added to Capitalism, but this article does not, as yet, say anything interesting. --- GWO
• Delete content covered at consumerism, but as that page points it consumerism != capitalism, so this doesn't even deserve to be a redirect. Ewlyahoocom 20:32, 8 May 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.