Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arabocentrism

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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, as no reliable sources have been presented that discuss usage of the term (Google searches are not reliable sources). The article can be recreated if such sources are found; the one that is in the article at current time only uses the term and does not discuss it. --Sam Blanning(talk) 22:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arabocentrism

Arabocentrism (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Non-notable topic. Google search didn't turn out anything, and I don't think that "Arabocentrism" even exists. MB

  • Keep or Merge "Arabocentrism" seems to be a neologism, used mostly in a handful of blogs, but "Arab chauvinism" appears to be in wider use [1]. Believe this should either be moved to Arab chauvinism, or possibly merged with Pan-Arabism or Arab nationalism (though those are slightly different concepts). Shimeru 09:21, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Google books and Amazon "search inside" each find a handful of books that use the term, but per Wikipedia's guideline on neologisms, a neologism isn't ready for an article on WP until there are reliable secondary sources that not only use the term, but actually discuss the term's usage itself. Therefore, this article is not currently notable as a neologism, and also not supported by verifiable and reliable sources. TheronJ 16:07, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as per nomination. MB
  • Keep, Merge or Move per Shimeru. Could also be merged with Arabization. — [zɪʔɾɪdəʰ] · ☥ 18:16, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete because even if this word isn't a neologism, Wikipedia is not a dictionary, and this article is little more than a definition. – Kieran T (talk | contribs) 19:06, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Arabization and "Arabocentrism" are two different concepts. Historically, Arabization was gradual and adopted willingly. The author of the article is purpoting that "Arab ethnic centrism" exists. Arab is not seen as an ethnicity, it's a culture, how can Arabs have ethnic centrism when they're ethnically diverse? MB
  • Delete as per nomination. Xdenizen 19:30, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete neologism, dictdef, no notable. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 19:56, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Google turns up more hits with "Arabo-centrism", "arabo-centric"/"arabocentric". If not kept, the info should at least be merged with one of the articles suggested since it's as valid as any other ethnocentrism, like Sinocentrism. Egyegy 20:18, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per above. --ManiF 03:55, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep or merge with Arab nationalism or rename to Ethnocentrism in the Arab world. It is an important issue as regards the automatic (and grossly inaccurate) equating of the phrases Middle Eastern or Near Eastern with the Arab world to the exclusion of all other groups. metaspheres 07:32, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per above.--Tekleni 08:05, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete everything that's not a dicdef here is OR and unsourced. Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:24, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep It's a legitimate topic. Just requires sources.--Eupator 15:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Important and valid as others have shown. DragonRouge 02:11, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and improve. The article does need sources, however. Khoikhoi 02:27, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, --Shamir1 04:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and expand. Beit Or 21:03, 13 November 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.