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The result was redirect to Objectivist movement . MBisanz ^talk 03:25, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The article doesn't establish that "neo-Objectivism" is a distinct philosophy, social movement, or worldview. Indeed, the article explicitly acknowledges this: "There is no self-identified Neo-Objectivist movement." Rather, it appears to be a term of abuse used by some Objectivists (the more "orthodox" ones) to deride others who stray from their interpretation of Ayn Rand's philosophy. This makes the article original research at best. It also has no references that contain the terms "neo-Objectivist" or "neo-Objectivism." And what content it does have is mostly vague generalizations that aren't likely to be verifiable. Binarybits (talk) 21:41, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philosophy-related deletion discussions. -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  22:11, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Possibly a candidate for redirect to Neue Sachlichkeit. There is heavy abuse of the fact tag on this page; those should be replaced by ((refimprove)) if this page is kept. –RJH (talk) 22:21, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as original research. Neue Sachlichkeit is an old art movement and nothing "Neo". Hekerui (talk) 22:25, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete If there is content worth keeping here, it should probably simply be integrated into the Objectivism page. 'Neo objectivism' seems to be a term which is just being applied to Objectivists who don't agree with Ayn Rand about apple pie being better than cherry pie.Steven Hallis (talk) 01:26, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Why is this at Articles for Deletion? This is an obvious merge case. Put the content in Objectivism (Ayn Rand) or Objectivist movement and end this waste of time. WP:BEFORE. Skomorokh 01:51, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I think there's little if any useful content here, but I'm certainly open to a merge if others disagree. Binarybits (talk) 02:56, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I tend to think there's not, as well. It might be a slightly different story if anything on the page was sourced, but any merge with the objectivism page is likely to result in a mess. If anything, merge it with Objectivism's discussion page, and if anyone is in love with the 'content', they can find actual sources.Steven Hallis (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:58, 28 April 2009 (UTC).[reply]

• Delete or Merge --Snowded (talk) 09:35, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge as noted above. Bearian (talk) 20:12, 30 April 2009 (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.