The result was no consensus. Mark Arsten ( talk) 05:00, 20 August 2012 (UTC) reply
Propagandistic collection of essays; to my mind the article is primarily promotional, with bios of the authors which should just have been links to the wp articles on them, over-extensive summaries, and a purely PR style of writing. From the lede sentence on, I consider it too promotional to rewrite, & that I agree on the underlying issues with the authors is irrelvant DGG ( talk ) 20:34, 5 August 2012 (UTC) reply
As to the worthiness, I must point out that this book does meet the WP:NBOOK criteria: It has been the topic of discussion on TV interviews such as with TVO's Allan Gregg and reviewed in such noted journals as Quill and Quire. More importantly, it is on the required reading lists for courses on the Environment, Economy, Public Policy, Complex Behavior, etc. at many North American Universities: U. of Toronto, U. of Ottawa, U. of British Columbia, Lafayette, and Utah for example. Also, most of the contributors are notable in their own right, being in Wikipedia themselves, and having many other notable publications.
In keeping with the neutral tone, which I hope to master before long, I accept the changes made by Tokyogirl79 and would like to thank her for her help. I hope this clarification helps to lead to a consensus to keep the book entry in Wikipedia, which, I know, is striving to be more inclusive rather than exclusive. Jbghewer ( talk) 19:20, 13 August 2012 (UTC) reply
The result was no consensus. Mark Arsten ( talk) 05:00, 20 August 2012 (UTC) reply
Propagandistic collection of essays; to my mind the article is primarily promotional, with bios of the authors which should just have been links to the wp articles on them, over-extensive summaries, and a purely PR style of writing. From the lede sentence on, I consider it too promotional to rewrite, & that I agree on the underlying issues with the authors is irrelvant DGG ( talk ) 20:34, 5 August 2012 (UTC) reply
As to the worthiness, I must point out that this book does meet the WP:NBOOK criteria: It has been the topic of discussion on TV interviews such as with TVO's Allan Gregg and reviewed in such noted journals as Quill and Quire. More importantly, it is on the required reading lists for courses on the Environment, Economy, Public Policy, Complex Behavior, etc. at many North American Universities: U. of Toronto, U. of Ottawa, U. of British Columbia, Lafayette, and Utah for example. Also, most of the contributors are notable in their own right, being in Wikipedia themselves, and having many other notable publications.
In keeping with the neutral tone, which I hope to master before long, I accept the changes made by Tokyogirl79 and would like to thank her for her help. I hope this clarification helps to lead to a consensus to keep the book entry in Wikipedia, which, I know, is striving to be more inclusive rather than exclusive. Jbghewer ( talk) 19:20, 13 August 2012 (UTC) reply