Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Merton Rule

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. --Ezeu 20:37, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Merton Rule

Two reasons I'm proposing deletion rather than cleanup: 1) copyvio from [1]; 2) the article appears to be a neologism coined by [2], a commercial venture selling solar technologies, which appears to be trying to form a 'campaign' front to promote sales of their own products. DWaterson 19:33, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. --JChap 19:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Now if it were referring to Paul Merton.... B.Wind 20:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Neologism and pure promotional fluffery. Grandmasterka 02:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep with revision

• This is a valid aspect of UK planning, which has become more notable since Merton LBC 1st did it. It is less known as the 'Merton rule' nowadays, but this term rolls off of the tounge much better then the ten percent of the energy used by a new development must be produced by renewable energy hopefully on site, but off site if needs be. This will be enforced through Development Control and a section 106 agreement ... rule.
• So yes its a Neologisim, but then so are the 'Newbury criteria' and thats common usage.
• The text is blatantly ripped a promotional site, as i pointed out in its talk page. But i guess you new page patrol and deletion peeps can't be bothered to actually research stuff before you add that tag you love so much huh? It should remain as a much shortened article after it has had a re-write. 'Neologism' ... heh nice word, learn somthing everyday. Bjrobinson 14:19, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep with revision

• Yes, I did copy and paste this from TheMertonRule.org[3], and originally copied that from solarcentury[4] too, but I am the person who set-up TheMertonRule.org and I have full permission from solarcentury to use their stuff. As you have noticed they are one of the supporters of the site. This is not a 'front' either - it is made very clear that solarcentury (and sharp) are supporting the site.
• I acknowledge that the article as stands in not really in encyclopaedia style - I just didn't have the time to edit it when I whacked it up, and was lazily hoping that some experienced wikipedians might help me clean it up and make it more appropriate. ;)
• Like Bjrobinson points out, this is a valid aspect of UK planning, so I think it should be included here.
• 'The Merton Rule' is common usage in the renewable energy industry too (its not just planners who use the phrase).
• Please advise me as to how I can make the article more appropriate, because I would really like it to remain: The Merton Rule is an important planning measure that empowers local authorities to tackle climate change, and the more people who are informed about it, the better.
• Perhaps I should just mark the article as a stub for now?
• PS - if the main reason is copyvio, then why is this not being raised here? ;) Jdaviescoates

• Keep with substantial revision.

• Perhaps the sensible thing to do here is record our objections and give the guy 2 weeks to revise the article in an encyclopedic manner and then review it again? He needs to be refered to WP:NPOV, and any other guidance we can give him. I agree this term is in professional use in the UK and have heard planning consultants use it, there's not much on the net about it though. Found reference to the term elsewhere other than this contributors material, here [5] but will have to be disambiguated with this [6] relating to equations of motion and work done at Merton College, Oxford.--Mcginnly 10:45, 5 June 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.