Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of management techniques

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 delete. AndriuZ's opinion is discounted because it appears to advocate disregarding WP:V and WP:NOR, which is not an option. Sandstein 16:23, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline of management techniques

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Basically undefinable - can it be anything but original research? Dougweller (talk) 08:09, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - what you expect from timelines (or lists)? --AndriuZ (talk) 14:20, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Our policies WP:VERIFY and WP:NOR apply to lists, timelines, etc. Dougweller (talk) 14:50, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 21:11, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. There does seem to be some pretty obvious original research in there. I'd definitely like to see a reference that asserts that the problems faced by slaveowners in antiquity relate to "management techniques" as currently used. - I am Spartacus! - killing the human spirit since 2003! 14:42, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:04, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete I think that this could possibly make a WP article, but the present problems would be difficult to overcome without OR. Firstly there is the scope. I suspect that it is a list of things that some US writers on the topic have chosen to include. Hence the emphasis on slavery, for example. It disregards the military experience, or much of the world, or many aspects of the relationship between the techniques of production and human organisation, to pick just a few examples. Secondly, there is the verifiability problem. Many of the items listed may be valid examples of a technique being used or described if appropriately referenced. But I think I'm right in saying that the dates quoted for use of accounting in Italy are too late to be described as that of introduction. I'm sure that the medieval master used a variety of techniques on his apprentices. Robert Owen was not the first mill owner to struggle with the problem of getting the best out of his workforce or the moral duties of the employer. And so on. --AJHingston (talk) 13:11, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep Has the noted challenges and potential challenges, but there is much good information in there. By "information" I include attachment to the time line. North8000 (talk) 22:24, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No references; hard to verifyCurb Chain (talk) 13:18, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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