Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matriarchal marriage

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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Matriarchal marriage

Current text is irreparably non-neutral and generally factually inaccurate. It isn't quite as wildly inaccurate as Patriarchal marriage (see my AFD for that), but has the same POV problems. I could certainly see a really good article on matriarchal marriage existing in the future (say, describing the marital customs of matriarchal societies), but none of the current text is worth keeping. —Caesura^(t) 15:38, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. There are some key POV issues in the opening paragraph, but the items under "Reasons" seem to be unverified, opinion, or speculation. The crystal ball gazing doesn't help. Agent 86 20:31, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
• 'Delete per nom PLUS "no original research" Rklawton 01:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep'. People need to be informed about matriarchal marriage as a growing trend in Western civilization GVnayR 02:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
  • This editor is responsible for a lot of articles nominated for AfD. I'd appreciate it if an admin with a bit of extra time would review this user's "contributions" and assess whether or not this editor should still maintain an account here. Rklawton 00:19, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
  • See also Head of the household and Patriarchal marriage
• Delete... WP:OR, WP:POV, and lack of WP:RS. The "example" provided is laughable as well. Maybe people need to be informed about this, but not with this unencyclopedic drivel. --Kinu ^t/_c 21:00, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Kinu. The article doesn't actually describe an organized movement which bears the name "matriarchal marriage"; it's just a biased, POV and just plain weird take on the hardly new or radical phenomenon of the stay-at-home dad. There most certainly is not any growing trend of marriages where women own all the property and men are restricted to domestic servitude. Gender roles in marriage are certainly evolving, but not that far or fast. Matriarchal marriage is a valid and encyclopedic term, but this isn't even close to being the right article about it. Bearcat 05:07, 19 July 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.