Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Free marketeer

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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 Redirect to free market. BLACKKITE 10:59, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Free marketeer

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Sole claim to notability is that the term is "widely used in the Free Talk Live community".

Only search engine hits I could find pointing to reliable sources were simply using the term as a label for advocates of free markets. Although I am prepared to be proven wrong on this, I am sceptical as to whether non-trivial coverage of the topic can be found in independent reliable sources.

I do not believe the use in Free Talk Live context justifies keeping this article rather than simply redirecting it to free market. Skomorokh incite 06:43, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

  • speedy redirect to free market. For future reference, you don't need to bring this sort of case to AfD. Just redirect it yourself. If someone objects, use ordinary dispute resolution. The exception would be if there were content in the article (say, copyright violations or illegal material) that would be harmful to WP just by being accessible in the history. --Trovatore (talk) 07:34, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Comment I would have redirected if there were no constituency that claimed the term as a label for their beliefs, to the extent that they made specific distinctions between it and anarcho-capitalism. Reliable sources aren't always readily apparent and I have been wrong about this sort of thing before. It does no harm to give people a forum to defend the independence and notability of the topic. Skomorokh incite 07:38, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Response you can do that on the talk page of the article. AfD is not really the appropriate forum, because you're not actually proposing a deletion. --Trovatore (talk) 08:06, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy Redirect - obviously this term has more currency with Free Market than it does with some obscure radio programme. Is it kosher to just redirect articles like this while an AfD is on? Lankiveil (talk) 11:16, 20 December 2007 (UTC).
Comment If you wouldn't mind waiting a day or two, at least until WP:SNOWiness becomes apparent, I'd much appreciate it. The Anarchism Task Force has this and related articles under its watchful eye, and there's little risk of anything being overlooked or undeservedly kept. A little due process won't hurt anyone. Skomorokh incite 14:22, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep The term free marketeer is used not only on the Free Talk Live radio show. The article needs some work but it is not a reason for why it should be deleted. Lord Metroid (talk) 18:19, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Comment What is the other use? Is it anything other than "advocate of free markets"? Do you have a source? Skomorokh incite 18:33, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Response, I am not sure where I heard it, I think maybe Marc Stevens have used the term a few times but don't take my word for it. Lord Metroid (talk) 20:24, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Complement, I noticed Samuel Edward Konkin III used marketeer in his essay Copywrongs about copyrights legitimacy. I would speculate that this wouldn't be the only occasion he used that terminology. In conclusion the article needs to be rewritten to represent the concept better. Lord Metroid (talk) 11:17, 21 December 2007 (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.