Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IBM Pollyanna Principle

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The result of the debate was keep. - Mailer Diablo 07:39, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] IBM Pollyanna Principle

"Machines should work; people should think." Besides being obscure, this statement uses pointless and facile logic. Erwin Walsh

• Delete. Erwin Walsh 17:31, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Your disagreement with the article's contents is not a criterion for deletion. Google shows numerous academic studies based on or relating to "Pollyanna Principle." Lomn | Talk 18:34:00, 2005-08-15 (UTC)
• Keep. IBM's Pollyanna Principle has been a well-known computer science creed for decades. The "pointless and facile logic" is quite intentional and serves to illustrate some of the misconceptions people make about computing. - Thatdog 18:40, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. There are a lot of things that use 'pointless and facile logic'. That doesn't mean they're unencyclopaedic Tonywalton 18:56, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. With a little cleaning, it could be a perfectly good article on the subject. Certainly there is room to be fleshed out, but the term is used. --Icelight 00:25, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
• Move. It should be under 'Polyanna Principle', it is usually quoted as such. I have heard about it frequently but never knew the origin. there should also be a reference to Think (IBM), probably the most famous one word mission statement for a company.--Gorgonzilla 16:46, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

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