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1. Duplicate of http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky#Politics Typhoon (talk) 21:32, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Merge/redirect

1. Just Merge it with the Chomsky page.--Owlman (talk) 21:45, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
2. Merge with Noam Chomsky is probably best. Carpetsmoker (talk) 21:48, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
3. Yes. That's the smart thing to do. No little articles that are exactly the same as bits of bigger articles, please. Spud (talk) 02:17, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
4. Agree. Bongolian (talk) 03:43, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
5. This should've been marked as a duplicate, not for deletion. So; let's merge it with the main article. Reverend Black Percy (talk) 13:03, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
6. Merge with Noam Chomsky. FuzzyCatPotato!™ (talk/stalk) 16:26, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
7. Merge with Noam Chomsky. If I am following the page correctly, this rule says that political action directed at your own government is likelier to be more effective than activity directed at foreign governments. This is a classic Miss Anne Elk theory. - Smerdis of Tlön, ^{LOAD "*", 8, 1.} 17:33, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
8. Typhoon has a bit of a problem with me, hence he went for delete. But I guess the consensus is merge. I'll do that tomorrow then, unless you tell me not to. :) Aneris ✻ (talk) 00:41, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

   Enough with the persecution complex. Typhoon (talk) 13:09, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

DONE

Is merged, as requested. The chomsky rule article can be deleted. Aneris ✻ (talk) 16:12, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Aneris

• Delete: User Typhoon has marked this article for deletion and pointed to the Noam Chomsky article. I believe it's useful to record the principle (or rule) somewhere, but it mustn't be an own article.
• Merge: I could copy it to the Noam Chomsky article, under politics, right above everything else, delete the double quote (mine is better sourced), and incorporate the Guardian quote. It would be indeed also a good place, since the Rule is apparently one of the chief principles Chomsky adheres to.
• Keep: The downside of merging it is that it cannot be expanded in a detached manner. And the Chomsky Rule is actually more useful as a separate ethical principle that can be applied outside of the narrow context of Chomsky himself.

I don't know how you resolve this, please duke it out and let me know. Aneris ✻ (talk) 16:03, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Even after merging, it could still be expanded, and split out into its own article again, if some editor found/generated enough content to justify a separate page for it. This a wiki, you see. CamelCasePragmatist (talk) 16:47, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

I get that without the snark, was just listing the options. It seems the consensus is merge. I would then go ahead and do that sometime tomorrow. If not, let me know. Aneris ✻ (talk) 00:39, 20 November 2015 (UTC)