Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Philadelphia School (Architecture and City Planning)

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 soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:40, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Philadelphia School (Architecture and City Planning)[edit]

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Much of this article appears to be a very close paraphrasing (and at times, blatant copy-paste) of a book referenced in the ref section. One of the previous editors is the author of that book, which leads me to believe this is a lot of original research and violates WP:MOS in several ways. This should be sent back to drafts at the very least. Lindsey40186 (talk) 01:50, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 03:56, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 03:56, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Additional info: I've found that there is a question about the existence of a "Philadelphia School" of architecture. A magazine article asked as much in 2017: Was There Really a “Philadelphia School of Architecture”? - Philadelphia Magazine (phillymag.com)

Much of these points could be best summed up as a section in the Architecture of Philadelphia article. Lindsey40186 (talk) 14:27, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: WP:TNT it. Going off the book preview alone, I've already found paragraphs worth of copyright violations. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 16:13, 5 March 2024 (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.