Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Origins of Democracy Project

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The result was delete. ff m 15:10, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Origins of Democracy Project

Google has never heard of this, and neither have I. I cannot find coverage of this subject in reliable sources, and suspect there is none. If I am mistaken and there are, I will gladly withdraw this nomination and write the article myself, while chewing my hat in preparation for digestion. the skomorokh 20:12, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been listed as an Anarchism task force deletion discussion.

This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 10:36, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I just ran a yahoo search of my own, and could not find any references to such a "project" or "foundation" that didn't link back to an older version of this very article. Tracking down the citations, it seems to be a collection of sources with nothing in common, and have been brought together by a single, anonymous editor. --Cast (talk) 15:15, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I ran the following online searches:
1. searched Google for "origins of democracy project" (all in quotes), and got 14 hits, each of which either was a Wikipedia mirror or had no substantive content.
2. searched Google for "origins of democracy" project, and got 95200 hits.
3. The wiki article says that according to The Black Book of Communism, the "Origins of Democracy Project rejects Marxism as a catastrophically counterproductive doctrine." I searched Google Books for "Black Book of Communism" "origins of democracy" and was referred to the book Democracy's Good Name; however, when I add the word project (thus forming the query "Black Book of Communism" "origins of democracy" project in Google Books), I got no hits. I then searched for the string "Black Book of Communism" to verify that this book is indexed, but it appears that even though Google recognizes the title of the book, no preview is available. If the absence of a preview means that Google has not indexed the text of the book, one would need a hardcopy to determine whether the Origins of Democracy Project is mentioned in the book or not. A hardcopy of this book is readily available, and if this AfD remains open for a few more days I might check and see if the Origins of Democracy Project is mentioned in the book's index or not.
4. The wiki article also says that the Origins of Democracy Project is mentioned in Dark Ages America. I searched in Google Books for "Dark Ages America" "Origins of Democracy" and got no hits. I then searched for "Dark Ages America" to verify that the book is indexed, but it seems that Google recognizes only the title of the book, with no preview available. If the absence of a preview means that Google has not indexed the text of the book, one would need a hardcopy to determine whether the Origins of Democracy Project is mentioned in the book or not.
5. A search of Google Scholar for "origins of democracy" project yields 512 hits.
6. A search of Google Scholar for "Origins of Democracy Project" yields no hits.
7. Finally, a search of Google Books for "Origins of Democracy Project" yields no hits.

I am inclined to believe that there may be a project that studies the origins of democracy and fits the description in the article, but I do not believe it likely that a notable academic project exists with that exact name. Bwrs (talk) 05:28, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as hoax or something two friends made up at school one day. Wikipedia is not the place to start a social studies project. Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 14:52, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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