Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Failure of imagination

Failure of imagination

Obvious phrase. Sure it was used in the 9/11 report but in the same way that "brake failure" is used to describe the failure of brakes.--Lee Hunter 16:29, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. I was just reading Bruce Schneier's July 15 CryptoGram. He links to Failure of imagination. Anyway, the phrase has a particular meaning in security now. dbenbenn | talk 16:41, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and redirect with Argument from ignorance, which already describes the fallacy of failure of imagination as a form of this logical fallacy. --FOo 17:02, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep — high-profile external link (so now the first sight of Wikipedia for a lot of new users is a warning that the article that brought them to Wikipedia "is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy" — oh, that's real good PR) ➥the Epopt 17:49, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  Please don't berate your fellow editors for following policy. --FOo 18:39, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  There is no policy that says an article good enough to be cited outside Wikipedia must be nominated for deletion. ➥the Epopt 23:16, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  There is a policy which says that users should nominate pages for deletion if they believe they meet the deletion criteria. Berating them for doing just this shows a lack of respect for their good faith. --FOo 03:34, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, I think it has a specific 9/11-related meaning beyond the obvious one that the article explains well and Google confirms. Dcarrano 22:35, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep It has a distinct meaning, and we should remove the VfD tag as soon as possible. Themindset 23:25, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  We can't remove the VfD tag until this vote is through. --FOo 03:34, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. It's 9/11 context makes it of encyclopedic value. -- Titoxd 00:01, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Normally would be weak keep, but the link per Dbenbenn and Epopt means we should try to make this a better article. Almafeta 16:35, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Argument from ignorance. - Ar 14:01, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. I agree with Titoxd's statement. -- Judson 23:27, 17 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]