Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Participant evolution

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The result of the debate was KEEP. Golbez 07:02, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Participant evolution

~50 Google hits for "Participant evolution". Combine it with "transhumanism" or "transhumanist" and it's down to 3. Most hits seem to deal with cyborgs. I'm saying non-notable neologism. --Xcali 07:10, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• The biggest value of Wikipedia is where Google fails. This is exactly the case. The article gives the correct description of the term difficult to find elsewhere. The starting war between transhumanists and biocinservatives is an emerging social issue of a rapidly increasing importance. Understanding of the term "Participant evolution" is essential for an active social position and for understanding of the issue. Keep the article, update it, if necessary. Presscorr 08:06, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: User:Presscorr's fourth edit. Account appears to have been created after VfD started. --Xcali 17:14, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: That would seem to indicate to me that it's original research, an attempt to raise awareness, or an attempt to preditct what might happen. None of these are appropriate for an encyclopedia. --Xcali 17:14, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Ignoring the above hyperbole, there is actually a concept here, and it is one coined by the same people who gave us the concept of cyborgs, and at the same time, back in the 1960s. I've removed an entirely irrelevant transhumanist credo (that said nothing at all about participant evolution) from the article and given you some secondary source references to chew on instead. Weak Keep. Uncle G 00:55, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC)
• Weak Keep as per Uncle G. Xoloz 04:18, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Agree with Uncle G. JamesBurns 04:40, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: Uncle G's version is better, but we're still talking about something with only 50 Google hits. Perhaps it would be best merged into cyborg? --Xcali 05:49, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• I wrote this article to share the results of my research on Transhumanism and I also like Uncle G's version better than my original. If it must be redirected, the most appropriate place would be NOT to Cyborg, but to Posthuman that already refers to the term of "Participant evolution". "Cyborg" is a mere "mixture of organic and mechanical parts" and does not necessarily imply any kind of "evolution", it is only a subset of "Transhuman". However the Posthuman article already has much more information while the Transhuman article essentially just refers to it. So Posthuman would be the best redirect to right after the words "Homo sapiens", if it must be redirected. Presscorr 00:16, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, expand. -- BD2412 ^talk 20:01, 2005 Jun 14 (UTC)

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