Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Technocracy Incorporated

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. Cirt (talk) 18:53, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Technocracy Incorporated

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Non-notable, and there has been considerable difficulty in finding reliable sources for this article. Technocracy Incorporated was formed in 1933, after Technocracy's heyday, and when viewed in historical context is probably less important than the Committee on Technocracy (based at Columbia University) and the Continental Committee on Technocracy (led by Harold Loeb), neither of which has a WP article. An adequate overview of all these groups is provided in the Technocracy movement article. Johnfos (talk) 00:22, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Somewhat faded now, but was a notable organization in its time. Established 76 years ago. There are plenty of references. Articles can certainly be written on the two red links cited. •••Life of Riley (T–C) 23:41, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Glad to hear that there are plenty of references. Which would you say are the most important ones for this article? Perhaps you would care to replace some of the "citation needed" tags with appropriate references to reliable sources. Thanks. Johnfos (talk) 00:33, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The organization is still in existence, and even has a number of supporters who have established a YouTube presence. While the group is 76 years old, there are still those who proudly display the Technocracy monad. Unidyne (talk) 00:40, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I'm glad that TI has many proud supporters, but I am not sure that is relevant here. The underlying issue here is one of reliable sources. On the basis of published reviews probably the most notable book on technocracy in the USA is Akin's Technocracy and the American Dream, but it has relatively little to say about Technocracy Incorporated. Johnfos (talk) 06:31, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 00:25, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect/Merge into Technocracy movement. Nothing reliably sourced and independently notable in this article that can't be included in the overview. THF (talk) 01:36, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 15:03, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep was clearly notable once. That other possibly more notable related groups do not have articles is best interpreted as evidence that we need to make them. As the nom. is familiar with the subject, perhaps he should do so. DGG ( talk ) 23:48, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This is an historically important subject and technocracy Inc. is the main technocracy organisation so any article on technocracy will need an article on Technocracy Inc. Isenhand (talk) 10:31, 5 January 2010 (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.