Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al Fateh

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 merge to Hamas. (Actually just redirected, the info is already there under the section "other".) Mangojuice^talk 16:30, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Al Fateh

Delete or Merge into Hamas:Wikipedia is not a place to promote Hamas websites. This Al Fateh article has been merged into Hamas, but Zeq reversed the move. The current Al Fateh article is a stub promoting the Hamas media, which has no value as a reliable source. It should be either deleted, or, as gently proposed before to Zek, merged into Hamas, per Wikipedia:Notability and per the simple ethical guideline of abstaining from promoting terrorist organizations' medias. Tazmaniacs 14:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

This AfD was incomplete, adding here. The first three comments were already on this AfD. MLA 17:06, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep User:Tazmaniacs concern about promoting Hamas web site is appariciated but the goal of the entry is encyclopedia one not promotional. I am sure those to whom the web site is trageted at are not looking for it on English Wikipedia. This is a valueable article about a notable propeganda outlet and concept of eduating children in areas of conflict. Zeq 15:21, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge There is not enough information here to justify a separate article. This website is an initiative of Hamas, so it should be covered in the Hamas article. Rohirok 15:38, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete (or merge) It is far from notable enough, and Wikipedia should not develop into a web directory. Bertilvidet 16:48, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Subject is notable and well-cited. I appreciate concerns of WP:NPOV and that should be guarded against, but I agree with Zeq. This is notable and sourced. Please see "Wikipedia is not censored". Wikipedia has no ethical guidelines that say, "don't mention terrorist organizations." If a subject is notable and verifiably sourced (and does not violate WP:NPOV), then it merits a place here, even if you disagree with the subject's philosophy. We do not have a "simple ethical guideline of abstaining from promoting terrorist organizations' medias." Scorpiondollprincess 18:18, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

But there are guidelines against spamming, and all the more spamming in favor of a terrorist organization. And if I wrote "simple ethical guideline", it is precisely because I'm not talking about Wikilawyering, but about abstaining from promoting what should not be promoted. It is a "simple ethical guideline", because I believe it is best left to your own conscience. Tazmaniacs 14:14, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• Merge per Rohirok, that seems logical. --Awiseman 20:06, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with the Hamas article, not really notable enough for its own page --RMHED 20:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with Hamas. ⇒ JarlaxleArtemis 22:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per above. --BobFromBrockley 15:08, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge I stand by my original decision to follow through with the suggested merge of the article into the main article on Hamas back in early July. This material can be neatly summarized into the section on hamas' web activity. Of note, there isn't much left to merge besides the new bit of info from the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America stuff. Don't see why there was a need to undo the redirect originally. Kevin_b_er 23:59, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with Hamas as i have looked for more information on this website to make it a well formed stub but i have failed.Hypnosadist 10:37, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Not worth an article.--Runcorn 17:26, 6 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.