Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Turkish carpets

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 no consensus; default to keep. It can (and should) of course be edited further: cleaned up, sourced, etc. Petros471 14:25, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Turkish carpets

Long how-to guide/advertisement written in the first person and admitting to lousy uncited sources. Opabinia regalis 00:59, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete We don't need articles on every type of carpet. Tarret 01:17, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete No sources. Its tone sounds unencyclopedic as well, overall. ResurgamII 01:33, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I don't mind an article on a type of carpet, but there are no sources. Wikipedia isn't meant for original research. That's not to say I don't think that with cited sources, and a major wikification, the article could be saved. But as it stands, it doesn't belong on Wikipedia. --EndlessVince 01:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and tag. Looks like the kind of thing a relatively decent article could be written about. Since this obviously isn't such an article due to tone, lack of sources, and much of the content, tag appropriately. Pan Dan 02:12, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, like, you know, plain and simple it sucks. Pavel Vozenilek 03:42, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Horrible article as it is.UberCryxic 04:17, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Turkish carpets are really a major type of carpet, there are articles on Isfahan carpets, why not Turkish. agree it needs lots of work, but check out Persian rug for what could be. Maybe even cut it down and call it a stub and see who comes strolling by. Scarykitty 05:02, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete This has to be a joke, right? Buckner 1986 05:39, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, unencyclopaedic and non-notable. Daniel.Bryant 06:31, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, move and edit It's horrible but there should be a decent article to head Category:Turkish carpets and rugs and kilims, probably called Turkish carpet, which at least introduces the different regional variants like Milas carpets and rugs.Mereda 07:35, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, written by a retarded caveman (who burns, I mean sells, carpets for a living) MiracleMat 09:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

  keep in mind WP:CIVIL. ~ct.e 21:56, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Delete - the subject is suitable, but the content does not appear to be salvageable. I'd say to delete and start again. -- Whpq 10:14, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Whpq. I agree that an article similar to Persian Rugs could be made on this topic but there is nothing in the current state that could be used to create such an article. 205.157.110.11 10:47, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete, w/o prejudice to re-creation, unless rewritten. Agree with most above that the subject deserves an article, but even the parts of this text that might be salvageable are suspect because they read like advertising. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:08, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• delete - i agree also that this topic should have an article, but this is not it. The article needs a lot of work. --mathewguiver 18:19, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Just looking thru that it looks to me like a copy and paste from maybe a gudie to turkey. Either way it doesnt establish notability. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 21:05, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and tag This is a notable type of carpet, but the article does need some cleaning up. --Pinkkeith 21:09, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Unencyclopedical writing. Expand Kilim instead.--Húsönd 22:59, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• delete per nomination. 'how to' guide. reads like a page out of a travel guide to Turkey on "How to buy a Turkish carpet" - wiki WP:NOT. Whilst it does provide some useful information about types of dyes used, there is little point in this article which is not encyclopaedic. This info on dyes could be easily incorporated into a few lines on the Persian carpet page until someone writes a proper article on Anatolian carpet. Ohconfucius 04:33, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and tag, notable topic, provides useful information. AFD is not carpet cleanup. Kappa 05:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Mereda, rather than send to the cleaners. Hornplease 06:34, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, tag and rename to Turkish carpet Pascal.Tesson 23:19, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I just did some clean up and linking. I really believe this article is worth saving. Scarykitty 05:32, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
• weak delete per whpq. ~ct.e 21:56, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
• weak keep and tag – Alensha  ^talk 18:34, 11 September 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.