Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dead white males

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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 Speedy keep. AfD seems to be only to make a point. Espresso Addict 18:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dead white males

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Article has no sources, also Dead black males has been nominated for deletion. Erwin Morland 01:26, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Speedy Keep This seems to be a WP:POINT-y nomination to me. Even a cursory search of google news for "dead white (men OR males)" turns up a number of sources ([1] [2] [3] [4]). Further, any search of literature (via google scholar for the same term) turns up a plethora of sources ([5] [6] [7], to choose 3 more or less at random). A need for sourcing or cleanup is not grounds for deletion. (PS: My rationale for calling this POINT-y isn't a PA, my reasons are shown in this diff). --Bfigura (talk) 04:35, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Concur, Speedy keep as the article appears to have been nominated to make a WP:POINT. --TeaDrinker 05:44, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 15:53, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. At first I thought this would be a list of caucasian males who have passed away, but after looking at the article and the sources mentioned above, the subject looks notable to me. Useight 16:17, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy keep as nominator seems to be making a WP:POINT. Term Dead White Males has plenty of notability, easily evidenced by the sources listed. Also, simply because a similarly titled article is being deleted does not mean that this one should to. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 16:20, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy keep, as per reasons already stated. -- Roleplayer 16:50, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. The term has been an established point of contention in identity politics and "political correctness" since last late 1980s. • Gene93k 16:54, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - hundreds of hits in google scholar and books show this easily passes notability guidelines. --BelovedFreak 17:13, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - of the nominator's grand total of 5 edits, one of them is at the AFD for Dead black males saying "Keep as Dead white males should be deleted if this is deleted." Nomination seems decidedly WP:POINTy.--BelovedFreak 17:13, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete or redirect to Multiculturalism. This article is a mostly-unreferenced, hopelessly point of view essay and has little in it that is not breezy original research. The gist of it is that women, people who are not yet (but eventually will be) dead, and people of other than European origin, also made contributions to history and culture. The refs cited in this AFD make passing reference to the term "dead white male" on the way to discussing ethnic studies or multiculturalism. Edison 17:16, 9 October 2007 (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.