Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Londonistan

This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was KEEP. NSR 1 July 2005 11:16 (UTC)

[edit] Londonistan

POV essay Denni☯ 23:34, 2005 Jun 24 (UTC)

• Keep. My first instinct was to delete, but this seems to be a reasonably salvagable article about a real phenomenon. The article is somewhat POV at the moment, accepting the Londonistan soubriquet as fact, but it is quite common on Wikipedia for such articles to start out accepting US opinions as fact and become more accurate as time goes on. Freedom fries is one good example of an article that has grown from a very odd POV initiation. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 23:52, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Very, very Weak keep. Got lots of Google hits, so it is a term. The controversy is real. The POV is fixable. CanadianCaesar 23:57, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Worthy topic, only needs POV editing as noted. 23skidoo 02:50, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Merge carefully into Islam in the United Kingdom. Gazpacho 03:26, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep or Merge. Seems to be a relatively well known term. Pburka 03:29, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into Islam in the United Kingdom. JamesBurns 04:00, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Needs a new title, which I'll think about. Should stay separate from the Islam in the United Kingdom article because London's role as an international intellectual/activist/political centre differentiates it from the rest of the UK. CalJW 00:16, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment. Actually, much of British Islamic activism and thought takes place in Bradford, Birmingham, whatever. The role of the capital is primary but not overwhelming. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 01:27, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep I expect that the Caliph Ken Livingstone will begin collecting Jizyah to pay for social services in the near future. Klonimus 20:24, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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