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The result was Keep. Maxim_(talk) 14:10, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Right-libertarianism[edit]

This whole article is terrible. It provides not even a definition of its own subject. It just provides vague associations with other ideas and just gives links to a bunch of other stuff. Seth Goldin 02:19, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The Libertarian page says what needs to be said. MarkBul 02:54, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and Merge the problem here is broader than one article. In Europe, "Libertarianism" was/is a form of communism which drew certain inspirations from classical liberalism. In the United States, "Libertarianism" refers to a variant of old-school conservatism which keeps laissez-faire and isolationism, but emphasizes a "hands-off" approach to so-called social issues like marriage, drug use, etc. Currently, the Libertarianism article "is concerned with libertarianism in its more recent sense". Properly, the content of Libertarianism ought to be merged into Right-libertarianism or perhaps some similar title such as Libertarianism (capitalist), and Libertarianism ought to be a disambiguation page. Eleland 15:17, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Eleland's recommendations are quite sensible. I agree that the article is a mess. However differentiating between left-libertarianism and right-libertarianism is a valid distinction in light of contemporary definitions of libertarianism. In any event, this is a case for cleanup and not deletion. ~Eliz81 ^(C) 18:10, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and Improve Article could be fixed rather easily. No reason to delete and lose the info, just have it fixed. Mark it with the appropriate tags and Keep. Viperix 21:59, 20 September 2007 (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.