Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Power process

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The result was redirect to Ted Kaczynski. (non-admin closure) | Uncle Milty | talk | 14:05, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Power process

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A fictional phenomenon made up by a criminal. I believe that by promoting a criminal's ideas, we are building a monument for him. Moreover, the notability of the "power process" has been doubted for more than two years and noone proved it. The page says that "The power process is much like Jon Elster's theory of self-realization" - if this is true, a redirect would be enough. Stilgar27 (talk) 11:52, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Behavioural science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:40, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no independent references to discuss the merits of the theory. Staszek Lem (talk) 21:12, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 02:01, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BusterD (talk) 04:47, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - a number of searches using different parameters (like including the proponent's name) didn't reveal anything by way of significant coverage. I certainly couldn't find anything to suggest this is a widespread or officially recognised theory. Stalwart111 08:47, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Ted Kaczynski which discusses this in sufficient detail. It only received coverage in the context of Kaczynski, and isn't notable as a stand-alone theory. The argument that we're building a monument for a criminal is irrelevant: Wikipedia is not censored. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:52, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be comfortable with a redirect. Stalwart111 12:03, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect makes sense. A quick Google Scholar search for "'power process' kaczynski" does return some sources, but even if they proved to be significant he's certainly walking well-traveled ground. A search for "nietzsche kaczynski" returns more than 4 million hits, for example. (Power process might even be worth a short mention over at the will to power article, which seems to me the concept's closest theoretical relative). --Rhododendrites (talk) 17:08, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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