Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Persecution of Christians

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 per WP:SNOW. Articles need cleanup, not deletion -- feel free to tag them as needed. Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?)} 12:00, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Persecution of Christians

Persecution of Christians (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

These articles are clear POV forks full of origional reaserch, and are not worth keeping. They all suffer from WP:OR problems, NPOV problems, and many sources unrelated to the topic. They suffer the exact same problems as the "Historical persecution by (religion)" articles.

I am also nominating the following related pages because they have the exact same problems and are similar articles.

Persecution of atheists (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Persecution of Hindus (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Persecution of Jews (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Persecution of Muslims (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Persecution of Buddhists (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Persecution of Bahá'ís (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Persecution of Rastafari (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Persecution of Zoroastrians (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Sefringle^Talk 05:03, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Religion-related deletions. —Sefringle^Talk 05:07, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep This article is of a very high-quality and covers an important and real subject. Persecution of Christians has been a reality since Christ walked the Earth, and is still a serious problem in many undemocratic countries. I suspect a pointed or bad faith nomination here. --TotesBoats 05:30, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep POV problems are edit related, and not grounds for deletion. In fact, I'm not aware that "not worth keeping" is a valid grounds for deletion. Is it not true that there was persecution of members of these religions (or not religions)? Are there absolutely no sources to confirm that? I doubt it. In any case, I suggest this be closed before it becomes a trainwreck. FrozenPurpleCube 05:56, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep I can't speak for most of the articles, but Persecution of Bahá'ís is very well sourced from many different places including from the United Nations reports, Amnesty International, and countless other reliable sources which have discussed the persecution of the Baha'is in great depth. -- Jeff3000 05:59, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Valid topic. Inevitably, some POV problems will arise but that's no reason to delete. --Folantin 08:36, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep This is a well balanced article, not POV, and should be kept. Nominator seems to have some sort of problem with this type of article, but that is his concern and not a reason to delete.--Dmol 09:46, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
• snowball keep. I agree that ORs should be removed, but that is not a sufficient reason for deletion.--nids(♂) 11:06, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
• Snowball keep for what can be dealt with editorially. Dbromage [Talk] 11:14, 25 August 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.