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The result was keep. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 05:20, 19 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ecumenopolis[edit]

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Undereferenced for over 10 years. Consists mostly of original research. Not very many RS online, and the suitable coverage that exists would only be enough for a DICDEF. Delete. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 23:28, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. A quick Google Books search shows this to be a widely discussed in both its architectural context, [1][2][3] and popular culture context. [4][5][6][7]. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 23:51, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I have added a couple of references to a reliable source, and fixed the external link; Doxiadis article on Ecumenopolis was included in Britannica Book of the Year, 1968, and his ideas on the subject are still discussed by scholars. See for example Pierre Laconte's (then President of the Foundation for the Urban Environment, Past-President and executive committee member of International Society of City and Regional Planners) paper on "The Megalopolis/Ecumenopolis challenge" at the International Congress & Forum on Urban Sustainability “City for All” (2009). ——Chalk19 (talk) 14:50, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The concept of "Ecumenopolis" is just as valid for a wikipedia article as City and is covered in a 1974, much-cited paper "Ecumenopolis: the inevitable city of the future" as well as a number of other published papers. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:07, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As per above + also check the interwiki articles, there are more than a dozen and most of them come with plenty of references. Gts-tg (talk) 13:18, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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