Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Origin of Capitalism

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 no consensus. —Mizu onna sango15^Hello! 17:48, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Origin of Capitalism[edit]

This article is about a scholarly essay but does not assert the importance or notability of the essay, and makes no note of its impact. Article contains only references to the essay. Prod was removed by article creator with the reason we can't delete articles without discussion. —Scott5114 ↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 09:00, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and recreate as redirect to History of capitalism. The subject really isn't notable, but the title itself is useful. Nyttend (talk) 16:50, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why delete first? --Explodicle (T/C) 18:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If we find that the current subject of this article doesn't deserve an article, I'd assume that there's no reason to keep it in the history. Nyttend (talk) 03:02, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect. No significant impact of the essay itself found. However, considering the author herself is notable, the article should be redirected to the author's article. ^LeaveSleaves _talk 17:17, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The book is referenced by 126 other academics [1]--Sum (talk) 17:48, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Which of those Google hits discusses the book itself directly in detail? --Explodicle (T/C) 18:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Those are not "google hits" from webpages but actual academic journals publications. One of the reviews is by Kevin R Cox in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Volume 91 Issue 4, pp.787-793

Since the citation you just provided is to the index, I assume you've been having trouble finding the actual text of the review as well. If all you can find is one pay source, I don't think that alone is enough to write an article. --Explodicle (T/C) 16:22, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Change to disambiguation page that points to History of capitalism (per Nyttend) and Ellen Meiksins Wood (per LeaveSleaves). There's a good chance someone searching for the term will be looking for either. --Explodicle (T/C) 18:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 03:39, 20 November 2008 (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.