Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Political society (3rd nomination)
I'm sorry if my nomination was brief; I probably assumed too much of the past discussions.  The phrase "political society" occurs often—the question is whether it is a special term not already covered by politics, society, or the state of nature.  The phrase does indeed appear in the titles of a chapter and a part in ''Democracy in America'', but Tocqueville does not describe it or suggest that it is a special term; it does not appear in the subject index of Mansfield and Winthrop's translation of ''Democracy in America'', contrary to expectations were it a special term that Tocqueville used.  John Locke also uses the phrase "political society," but synonymously with civil society, society, and civil government, and in opposition to the state of nature; his usage is captured by the other articles.  The questions for me seem to be, In whose thought is this a central enough term to warrant an independent article rather than a dictionary entry? and Why is that idea not better addressed in the articles on those people?  Concerning the Marx link, the hosting site for that reference does not include "political society" in its http://www.marxists.org/glossary/p.htm Marxist glossary, nor does the phrase appear at all in the article on Karl Marx; it does not seem to be an important term in his thought.   Partha Chatterjee and Doug Bandow use "political society" in a technical sense, but who has responded to their work in such a way as to satisfy the third-party coverage requirement of |notability?  Are they talking about the same thing when they use the same phrase (which seems necessary if we are to say that they are working on the same thing)?  And why isn't their thought best described in the articles on them?  The article as written is not about a theme in anyone's thought, however, but rather asserts the existence of something called "political society" about whose essence we can have a discussion.  The last time this article was created, it served as a |POVFORK for |original research by a now-banned user
— User:Discourseur, 01:39, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:POVFORK||WP:OR||WP:notability (Wikipedia:Content forking)