Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Human Universals

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 20:29, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Human Universals[edit]

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Article does not meet Wikipedia:Notibility(books) guidelines DHHornfeldt (talk) 16:07, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 18:14, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. In lieu of deletion, a redirect to Cultural universal would be appropriate, since that article reflects the topic that the book Human Universals is about and cites the book. I don't yet have an opinion about whether this article should be kept or not, but if the consensus is not to keep, a redirect would be preferable. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 22:51, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Human Universals already redirects to Cultural universal. DHHornfeldt (talk) 23:35, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - To be precise, Human universals with a lower case "universals" redirects to Cultural universal. Human Universals with a capitalized "Universals" is a separate article about a book by Donald Brown (anthropologist). --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:54, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This book is written by a prominent scholar in the field of anthropology and this is his best-known book. Most importantly, it meets WP:BOOKCRIT Criteria #1 because it's been reviewed in several top-tier anthropology research journals: American Anthropologist and American Ethnologist, both published by the American Anthropological Association; and Man, which is published by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. --Pinchme123 (talk) 00:01, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Meets WP:NBOOK by a wide margin: there's the reviews above, some more reviews [1][2], plus in-depth discussion in other notable books (e.g. Pinker's The Blank Slate, Diamond's The Third Chimpanzee, Antweiler's Our Common Denominator) and dozens of other scholarly works. – Joe (talk) 09:12, 16 January 2021 (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.