Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Collective (Ayn Rand)
There is no pressing need to merge this article, and while it is short, it is more than a stub.  I do not find the argument that the name originated as a joke a valid reason for deletion either, the group existed, that is what they were called, and it is the common name so complies with Wikipedia naming conventions.  Nor does the joke origin mean that it fails , it is substantially covered in several books http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CFrF333AZ_cChttp://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bei61AcYlT0Chttp://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2X-n45AY_ZsChttp://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e_Fkyzopu0AC and in any case I am dubious that the claim it is not used in academic sources is true having found http://people.richland.edu/bhemenwa/article_aynrand_capitalism.pdf this.  I suspect that many more academic mentions can be found on the other side of paywalls.  The extent and variety of the sources I think put the lie to the claim that the article could never be expanded.  The involvement of such notables as Alan Greenspan and Leonard Peikoff show that the group, although undoubtedly Rand's group, went beyond her and can stand as an article in its own right
— User:Spinningspark, 19:21, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:N (Wikipedia:Notability)