Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marketization

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 keep. Wizardman 03:30, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marketization

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Tagged for cleanup since 12/2005 and sources since 06/2006 but no sources have been added. No evidence of WP:N or verifiability. Avruch 22:59, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Relisting for additional comments Avruch^Talk 22:51, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete unless decent examples of the term being used in that way can be found. Artw 23:13, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect and merge sourced material with economic liberalization or some such. Bacchiad 12:35, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

• And comment. Why wasn't a redirect attempt made already? Bacchiad 12:38, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

What sourced material? Avruch^Talk 13:29, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

• Keep as it appears to be a notable concept. Rescue? Bearian'sBooties 19:58, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Undoubtedly notable.--Bedivere 21:05, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Definatly notable, over 12000 Google Scholar results, 7 Google News Results, over 1000 Google Book results. The article needs citing, but I can't do it now. - Fosnez 02:27, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Just saying 'Notable' or 'Notable per Google hits' doesn't really argue effectively for notability. This concept isn't addressed specifically in any of the top hits on the Google or Google scholar results. It appears to mean a number of different things, typically along the lines of privatization or partial privatization. It should be deleted or stubbed until someone can provide some evidence that the concept as described in this page actually exists/is used. Avruch^Talk 22:48, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Boring as watching paint dry, to me, but certainly notable. I've added a further reading section with a dozen books on the subject including Social Welfare and the Market: Papers from a Conference on Marketisation which seems to evidence that at least a notable conference was held on the subject. I suggest that the lede be expanded to explain the subject a bit better with plenty of wikilinks to the many business and economics articles that intertwine with marketization topics including Milton Friedman. The fluff a bit about regional/global variationsBenjiboi 17:00, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. I've added two references in the introduction. Topic is definitely notable. -- Vision Thing -- 21:39, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Comment. I've left a note at Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics regarding this article

Comment. I've left a note at Portal:Business and economics regarding this article

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