Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MaxRange (2nd nomination)

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 redirect to List of freedom indices. There seems to be consensus against a stand-alone article, but less than solid support for outright deletion. I am therefore redirecting this, with any content possibly worth merging still available from the history. Randykitty (talk) 14:28, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The MaxRange data set was created by Max Rånge and Mikael Sandberg. All literature available about the dataset was created by one or both of these contributors. There does not appear to be any evidence that third parties have evaluated or made any significant use of this data. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 17:33, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 17:33, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Google Scholar shows that some other researchers have cited this work, although not in large numbers. Bondegezou (talk) 13:54, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete does not appear to have received the required secondary coverage, possibly (likely?) promotional. SportingFlyer T·C 15:04, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Freedom indexes are a thing, and MaxRange is one of them. It is not as well-known as some of the others, but it has been cited in studies published in peer-reviewed journals. I created the article a few years back, when I was reading about freedom and democracy, and looking at indexes, out of personal interest -- I have no affiliation with the project, and no interest in how it fares. --Tsavage (talk) 02:49, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per above. Dunny29 (talk) 07:49, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Struck comment from confirmed sock. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 11:51, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect (or selectively Merge) to List of freedom indices, where this is included. Of course, this presumes the inclusion criteria for that page would allow this to remain without a stand-alone article. Certainly we need independent sourcing for a stand-alone article. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 16:53, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: not a !vote, but if the entire contents of this article were merged into the listing for this subject at List of freedom indices (the possible merge target proposed by Rhododendrites above), that would not be particularly out of line with the existing contents of that article. BD2412 T 05:16, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. No RS found for this one. Riteboke (talk) 08:22, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Added content with reliable secondary source citations (peer-reviewed academic journals). --Tsavage (talk) 19:35, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep This seems to border on WP:OR but looks like a useful article to have for people interested in quantitative political science. Batmanthe8th (talk) 15:05, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment We have many indices such as the Human Development Index (HDI), among others, but would MaxRange count as a WP:NEOLOGISM? Batmanthe8th (talk) 15:08, 21 April 2021 (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.