Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Definitions of anarchism


 * 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: move to Anarchism. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 14:02, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Definitions of anarchism
This page is largely just definitions of "anarchy" or "anarchism" from various dictionaries and encyclopedae. While I suppose you could say that it's quoting the dictionaries, I generally don't think that Wikiquote is a meta-dictionary. —LrdChaos (talk) 20:25, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Vote closed. Result: move to Anarchism (over redirect) (6 moves and keeps that allow moves; 1 keep that is accomodated by a move w/ redirect). Trimming, merging Politics segment, and other redirects can be accomplished as needed. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 14:02, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. —LrdChaos (talk) 20:25, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Trim and move to Anarchism (replacing redirect). I think I managed to completely miss the content of the "Theorists" section after seeing the title, Dictonary and Encyclopediae sections. —LrdChaos (talk) 19:41, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, concur with LrdChaos. This page has always been a source of controversy and edit wars, and in the end is not really a page with quotes, in the truest sense of the word. ~ UDScott 20:26, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Move, concur with InvisibleSun and Jeffq. ~ UDScott 12:01, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep This is used often as a resource at Wikipedia, esp. the Anarchism article. (which has a link to it)
 * Keep. - The Dictionary and Encyclopedia sections don't serve much purpose here; but the Theorists section is more than just definition, it seems to me, because the definitions also serve as descriptions or even visions of what anarchism means to its exemplars. There's a bit of overlap with the Anarchism section in Politics, which in fact was where I was redirected when I entered the word "anarchism" in a Wikiquote search. I'd as soon ditch everything but the Theorists section and call the article Anarchism, allowing it to expand in turn and include more than attempts at definition.   - InvisibleSun 22:45, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Cleanup and rename as InvisibleSun suggests. 121a0012 02:00, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Move to Anarchism per InvisibleSun. To clarify and expand on InvisibleSun's search comment, the current use of "Anarchism" is a redirect to Politics that would be better accomodated by a "See also" entry. The redirect should be deleted to make way for the move . Add a redirect from Anarchy and we've got a decent parallel to Anarchism. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 10:24, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, move to Anarchism, split out whatever is relevant from Politics (which is too long anyhow). BD2412 T 20:01, 20 September 2006 (UTC)


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