Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Agorism

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 merge‎ to Samuel Edward Konkin III. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 22:41, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agorism

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This article has limped on for a decade and a half, without ever managing to pull together many independent, reliable sources. Almost all of the cited sources in the article are directly associated with the subject, largely citing the person that coined the term. And except for the Routledge Companion, none of the sources strike me as particularly good-quality either.

Having tried to research this in the sources I have available to me, I haven't been able to find any evidence that this meets the general notability guidelines. In both the Routledge Handbook of Anarchy and Anarchist Thought and the Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy, it only gets a single passing mention as a term coined by Konkin. This is a far cry from significant coverage.

As such, I don't think this topic is notable in and of itself. This article could probably be merged with/redirected to Samuel Edward Konkin III without much issue. Grnrchst (talk) 15:39, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and Economics. Grnrchst (talk) 15:39, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Philosophy and Libertarianism. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:29, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Samuel Edward Konkin III as suggested, merging in some of the content as applicable. That bio article could really stand to be improved, and it seems to me that the topic is better dealt with there than separately even if it is an independently notable topic. -- asilvering (talk) 02:26, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Samuel Edward Konkin III. After removing the unreliable blog posts and Konkin's own sources, there plainly isn't enough material to support a dedicated article. Konkin's neologism can easily be covered in the appropriate section of his biography article as part of understanding his philosophy and split out summary style as needed. czar 12:31, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per rationale by Czar. Kazamzam (talk) 17:37, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.