Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Internet nation

Internet nation was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was

Internet nation

Original research, apparently. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk)]] 17:50, Oct 22, 2004 (UTC)

• Delete for extreme early 1990s starry-eyed goofiness. --Neschek 18:12, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Delete: Not verifiable. Geogre 19:04, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• advanced by blogging...ohmigawd, you mean like my livejournal makes me leader of my own micronation? woohoo! Delete this utter absurdity. Bearcat, who actually does have a Livejournal 23:45, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. Patent nonsense. Indrian 23:47, Oct 22, 2004 (UTC)
• D I've run more than one in my time. If people don't stop posting this crap, especially the schools stuff, I'm going to start writing about my various non-notable exploits in non-notable locations. Ooooh, blinkenlights ... Chris 03:10, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Perhaps this idea is slightly ahead of its time, but I think we can seriously consider having an entry in WikiPedia about concepts which can loosly be defined as relating to the internet nation. For example the interplay of international and national law that the use of the internet forces us to consider. The new non geographic boundaries of political thought and ideology that the internet permits. Much of the content of this article stems directly from contempory political philosophy and economic thinking. It is unsurprising that the content isn't immediatly understood by all the readers (calling it goofie, absurdity and nonsense...). Perhaps those with a degree in politics, philosophy or economics would care to comment? For example the new political landscapes shaped by information flow and information communication channels are well known and studied in fields of economics and futurology. I think this could easily become a very well written article, and should strive to the quality of a featured article, not be deleted. --Dan 20:20, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

FWIW, I have a degree in philosophy. "Internet nation" sounds like an oxymoron to me. It is conceivable that the formation of transnational communities resulting from technological development may have a novel effect on the development of the conventional nation-state. However, the author here presumes this without elaborating either a causal mechanism or pertinent structural elements, or, heaven forbid, citing some research here. This is a manifesto, not an article. Mashford 20:32, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Delete. Wow. Irretrievably speculative. Sounds like street corner handbill material. Mashford 20:21, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. Patent nonsense. Very funny. --Improv 17:22, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• This is an important topic, but the article itself doesn't make much sense. Statist criticisms should always have a place in wikipedia, but this article is not a good example of an accurate one. As for multi-state systems, we already live in them because they are a neccesity of stable bureaucratic systems. I could argue that my neighborhood association was a nation-state, but that would be rediculous. I vote for deletion or extreme makeover. Flying Hamster 01:38, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Pardon my silliness, but it'd be cool if we could vote to give people extreme makeovers too. We could have a wiki-hairdresser, a wiki-stylist, etc etc. --Improv 02:25, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. Perhaps some of the content has a place merged into Virtual Community. Key45 21:45, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Delete It's funny that someone put so much time into this article, but not funny enough for BJAODN, so sadly it must go. Ashibaka ✎ 21:22, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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