Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Carson (3rd nomination)

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The result was redirect‎ to Mutualism (economic theory)#Contemporary developments. Owen× ☎ 17:19, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kevin Carson (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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There have already been two deletion discussions about this article in the past, so I was initially hesitant to open this. However, since the last discussion in 2015, the article collapsed from a long-winded ramble about various concepts the subject discussed (cited largely to the subject himself or other self-published sources)[1] into what is now a stub.

I tried looking around for more sources to expand it, but I found little-to-no actual information about Carson as a person. What I did find were largely reviews and analyses of his main major work "Studies in Mutualist Economics", with only passing references to his other works without any real detail.

From what I've seen, there is very little to write about for a biographical article about the subject himself, so I think this might not pass the notability guidelines for people. I do think his work "Studies in Mutualist Economics" has received enough attention for its own article (per the notability guidelines on books), but this might be another case where an author is not independently notable of their single notable work. Grnrchst (talk) 15:01, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Politics, Economics, and United States of America. Grnrchst (talk) 15:01, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I simply do not see secondary coverage about him in a before search, and the keep rationales made in previous discussions don't actually convince me he's otherwise notable. SportingFlyer T·C 16:26, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and Libertarianism. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:29, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete – Per nom. Yue🌙 09:18, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Where has "Studies in Mutualist Economics" received significant reviews/discussion? If there was enough reliable sourcing for a dedicated article then it would make a good redirect target, but I don't see the reviews. czar 12:27, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Mutualism (economic theory)#Contemporary developments where Carson's work is mentioned and his name is a relevant search term. If that article didn't mention Wilbur's paragraph on Carson I was going to recommend adding it. Carson is associated with the contemporary mutualist tradition so even if there isn't enough coverage for a dedicated biography, the section on contemporary mutualism should suffice. czar 12:43, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Courtesy ping @Grnrchst, SportingFlyer, and Yue czar 02:57, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Mutualism (economic theory)#Contemporary developments. The above comments by Czar have convinced me that this would be a sensible and plausible move. A. Randomdude0000 (talk) 21:11, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Per nomination and comments. Easy call. Go4thProsper (talk) 00:00, 12 January 2025 (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.