Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Collective Punishment of Civilians in War

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. the wub "?!" 11:03, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Collective Punishment of Civilians in War

Contested prod. While the subject may be important, it is nearly impossible to treat it with NPOV, especially when the subject is in the news. The article seems to have been written for the primary purpose of expressing dissatisfaction with one side's actions in the Israeli-Lebanon conflict, and uses an almost comical repetition of "critics argue" to pretend to a neutral point of view. A serious dearth of sources rounds out the picture. A complete rewrite by an extremely skilled editor might salvage the article, but absent somebody willing to undertake such a task, I recommend deletion.VoiceOfReason 14:43, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. I'd agree. There aren't any great sources, it smacks of POV difficulties, and might even qualify of OR. Since WP:NOT free hosting, we can't host this opinion piece. alphaChimp ^laudare 16:53, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete this article, but start over with the specific article in the Geneva convention pro-scribing collective punishment. I have no doubt there are many useful scholarly discussions about this article and its application in war. Rklawton 17:22, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NOR, POV violations. That there might be useful scholarly discussions about this article is irrelevant; that's the proper province of discussion forums, magazine articles or academic symposia ... not of Wikipedia. RGTraynor 19:28, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

  Minor point "by scholarly discussions", I meant published academic papers of the sort we thrive on here at Wikipedia. Rklawton 20:04, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per above. --Hyphen5 19:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. I agree with nom that a complete rewrite by an extremely skilled editor could salvage this. I think it's a legitimate subject, but has WP:V and WP:NPOV problems right now. If deleted, perhaps someone more objective could reincarnate this with better sources? Allisonmontgomery69 23:31, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. Collective punishment is a term used in article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. I think the article title makes sense, but should be applied only to countries found guilty of violating article 33. The article now is just speculation. Deet 11:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I concur with Deet. As it stands, the article reeks of NPOV and I'd like to see some more sources too.
  • The above was me - I forgot to sign. Acyso 23:33, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.