Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Second superpower

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The result was redirect‎ to Polarity (international relations). Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:52, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Second superpower[edit]

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This is not a coherent concept. It's a term that some people and sources have used, but it has no sustained coverage or coherent meaning. The lead describes it as an anti-Iraq War protest movement (with sourcing from the early 2000s), but then the main body also just uses it to refer to states such as China and Russia. There is no reason why this merits a standalone article. It's so confusing that it probably fails WP:DUE for inclusion in Superpower or Great power. Thenightaway (talk) 20:05, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep: The article is confusing, horribly unfocused, under-cited, and seems to conflate a few unrelated social movements as nom points out. But the Moore essay had responses in RS, at least, and there does seem to have been enough media attention to support an article (I don't know if reference 1 counts as RS or not because it's "analysis", but the Nation piece seems legit and I suppose the Greenpeace article might make the cut). An awful lot of work and trimming is needed, though. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 00:37, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll admit to being completely unfamiliar with this concept. That said, doesn't the sourcing suggests that this a rather contained media debate in 2003–2004 which did not have any sustained attention or importance? Do scholars of social movements, protests and NGOs still use this concept in any meaningful way? A Google Search and Google Scholar search does not show significant coverage in the last five years. Thenightaway (talk) 00:47, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. WP:SYN concerns here - a grab bag of different uses can't be cobbled together into a unified article. I would also be OK with a redirect to Polarity (international relations), which discusses bipolarity. Neutrality^talk 17:14, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is WP:SYN and WP:FORK of Polarity (international relations). My very best wishes (talk) 22:10, 30 July 2023 (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.