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Merging this is will be more productive for developing consensus on content. Consider what a mess Praise of Google would be. In the main article, due weight can more properly be measured and if there are specific topics that need to be forked it will be easier to achieve those forks with a simpler dedication to neutrality Czarking0 (talk) 02:53, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
That is not a good reason to oppose this merge. If the content was already in this article and a split was proposed, a "critcism of google" split would not be a wise choice. Czarking0 (talk) 04:02, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
A merge here wouldn't really work, but there are some obvious subpages part of the Criticism article can be merged to. For example, "Criticism of search engine" and "Censorship" should be integrated into Google Search. CMD (talk) 07:52, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: Such pages are supported by WP:CRITICISM - they are appropriate if criticism is substantial, well-sourced, and relevant to the subject. Similar to @Ianmacm's argument, WP:SUMMARYSTYLE advises splitting large topics into sub-articles. In fact, we already have Google Search, Google Maps, Google Brain, YouTube, etc. Should those all be merged into mother Google or should the Criticism of Google article be fanned out into those pages? I prefer the current page structure.
Why then not make a "praise of google" page? CRITICISM is an essay that is a poor guidance here compared to policies like WP:POVFORK. I encourage summary style and forking. However forking on criticism and praise makes maintaining WP:NPOV a herculean task. I agree that parts of "critcism of google" could better be merged into these other forks and I think that could be a good consensus to find here. Czarking0 (talk) 04:17, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The answer to the question about "praise of google" is unclear to me, but that's a different question. Clearly, there are many Criticism of <some company> type of pages - Criticism of Apple Inc., Criticism of Netflix, Criticism of Facebook - but not many "praise of" pages. So, we have historic reasons at a minimum and maybe, just possibly such pages run against existing WP policies. I agree that there are WP:NPOV issues to consider (always), but am not convinced they force a merge-back at this point. The most prominent items in this page are notable enough to be split into separate articles, leaving only short summaries here. It may be more practical to reach consensus for such actions (or just perform those splits and see if they stick), as they could be helpful on the way to the more ambitious proposal discussed here.
Strongly oppose No one is suggesting a "Praise of Google" here except you. Criticism is a neutral word. WP:NPOV (specifically WP:POVNAMING) and WP:UNDUEWEIGHT. The "Praise of" articles I see on search seem to be due to a name of an episode or song. Such an article would be against WP:NPOV. The nominator is presenting a theoretical scenario versus the reality. The "Criticism of..." article was created as notability was established for it to stand on its own. Merging the content is counterproductive. – The Grid (talk) 04:46, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
level-4 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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