Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spanish Gibraltarians (2nd nomination)
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[edit] Spanish Gibraltarians
This article was deleted under its previous name, then restored via deletion review, then deleted again under its current name, restored again, also at deletion review, and is now back here for reconsideration. Procedural listing, so I have no opinion. ~ trialsanderrors 19:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
- Keep again... - Francis Tyers ยท 19:25, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
- Very weak keep and Rename. While the article has some POV and other problems, none of those are a basis for deletion. However, it needs some serious clean-up and the title must be changed. The article opens with the unverified unsourced statement that "The term Spanish Gibraltarians...is most commonly used to describe those inhabitants of Gibraltar who left (voluntarily or forcibly) the town of Gibraltar during the British conquest of this town from Spain" (emphasis added herein). The highlighted portions of that sentence are unverified and unsourced. While the highlighted portion may have been the root of the dispute in past AfD/DRV discussions, this whole introductory sentence (or statements similar to it) may be why this article has attracted controversy. Furthermore, the title is simply too loaded or may be simply inaccurate. The inline sources in the article contradict the opening sentence (i.e. the term used in the links is "Spaniards in Gibraltar", not "Spanish Gibraltarians"). Something like "Spaniards of Gibraltarian origin" or "Spaniards from Gibraltar" may be a more suitable name. Alternatively, the first half of the article can be kept (with some rewriting) and renamed "Spanish exodus from Gibraltar" (or something better/more appropriate), while the second half about present-day Spaniards living in Gibraltar can be merged to Demographics of Gibraltar. Agent 86 20:16, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
