Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Rage of Caliban

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 Since the keep voters all seem to imagine that this has something to do with Oscar Wilde's quotation from The Picture of Dorian Gray, I have boldly redirected this page to Caliban (character), where Wilde's quotation is discussed. - Smerdis of Tlön 15:37, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Rage of Caliban

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Someone's rant about the (negative) reaction he got when he criticized the practices of academic research. Who cares? Sadly, this doesn't appear to fall under the speedy deletion criteria. Delete. Lupo 20:27, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. A first person essay under an inappropriate title. Could live with speedy deletion despite the fact that does not obviously appear to meet any of the formal criteria. - Smerdis of Tlön 20:49, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. This is a key theme in Oscar Wildes writings and a key to understanding the critique of 19th century realism and romenticism.Franz-kafka 22:06, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Say what? Other than using a well-known Wilde quotation in the title, this has nothing to do with Wilde, realism, or romanticism. If I write a rant about a hospital nurse and call it "The Quality of Mercy", that doesn't make it an article about The Merchant of Venice. —Celithemis 22:16, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

• Unfortunately, this article has naught to do with Oscar Wilde or 19th century Romanticism. If it had, I would welcome it, because Wilde rules OK? - Smerdis of Tlön 22:17, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

• This is a very good article, it should *not* be deleted —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.68.231.83 (talk • contribs)
• Delete. This is an essay, not an encyclopedia article. —Celithemis 22:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
• Oh dear god, that is to say, STRONG DELETE - copy and paste from here which acknowledges that it's an essay, which runs afoul of WP:NOT#OR (whether it's user Franz-kafka's original thought or someone else's). Otto4711 22:23, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - the only reference listed links to a copy of the essay posted on the professors's website. Not encyclopedic in nature and definitely not NPOV. Warfieldian 22:27, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Unsalvageable first-person essay, no encyclopedic content. A Train ^{take the} 22:34, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
• DEFINITLEY KEEP, the quote is a vey important in understanding Oscar Wilde's thinking, it also provides an understanding to the backgrouing to the quote. It is much better than many other topics on wikipedia.—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:Franz-kafka|Franz-kafka]] ([[User talk:Franz-kafka|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Franz-kafka|contribs]])

• This is Franz-kafka's second !vote in this AFD and should not be considered. Otto4711 00:19, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Delete But lets remember that this isn't a vote. --Richard Daly 02:54, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
• As addressed above, this article has absolutely nothing to do with Oscar Wilde. The above comment is patently absurd. As such, I move for a strong delete, given that this is totally unencyclopedic. --Haemo 00:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

• STRONG KEEP, this is about and importnat theme in ninteenth century literary thought. it is one of the best articles on wikipedia, i canot understand why anybody would want to delete it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.25.106.209 (talk • contribs) 08:50, February 26, 2007 [1]

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.