Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Armenia: The Secrets of a "Christian" Terrorist State


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The result was   merge to Samuel Weems. The content can still be deleted or BLP-improved from there if the consensus of that article's editors so determines.  Sandstein  06:57, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Armenia: The Secrets of a &quot;Christian&quot; Terrorist State

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There is very little assertion of notability about this book, and article appears to be more of a coatrack. The only sources are from an American Armenian lobbying group and an online book review from a pro-Turkish think-tank (the other link is dead). The book does not appear to have had significant sales or have had significant media coverage. All I can find are passing references (as in "Samuel Weems, the author of 'Armenia the Great Deception (Secrets of a "Christian" Terrorist State)'") which don't actually discuss the book itself. Seems only to have been noted by obscure blogs or interest groups on either side of the debate. Dominic·t 12:10, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Blatantly non-neutral negative review of a non-notable book. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 12:42, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete WorldCat shows not one library holding it and there seems to be no possible reasoning to establish notablity such as in-depth coverage in reliable sources or any of the measures of WP:BK. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drawn Some (talk • contribs)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 14:17, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Armenia-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 14:17, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It may be useful to understand that this book is part of a genre of Genocide denial.  Although it is nor read in the west, in Turkey Weems was something of a minor celebrity.  His book was translated into Turkish and Russian.  It is cited fairly widely cited in Turkish.  After all, Turkey is a country with a government-agency for the promotion of denial of the Armenian genocide.  That agency paid for the translations and distributes the book to school and university libraries in Turkey.   MAny Turks surf the web.  I actually think it is an act of civic responsibility for Wikipedia to make accurate information about, for example, the Armenian genocide available.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.39.35.50 (talk) 14:54, 6 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Agree with both the NPOV (and possible BLP) concerns, but fundamentally, there's no assertion here that this book is notable. Jclemens (talk) 18:20, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Please have a broader perspective. This man is widely read in Turkey and in Turkish, where readers are told that he was an american JUDGE and where a government ministry promotes his work as valid history.160.39.35.50 (talk) 14:18, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Needs some work and better sources, but seems notable enough to me.--Amethystus (talk) 16:04, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge to the article on the author to unify the content. DGG (talk) 02:34, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge per DGG. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:15, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge albeit the title of the article may be quite telling... Atabəy (talk) 01:06, 10 June 2009 (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.