Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Breaking Back


 * 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   redirect to Mongol_Empire. Content can be pulled from the page history and merged. Beeblebrox (talk) 01:40, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Breaking Back
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 * Delete : Does not explain what 'Breaking Back' is - just states that it existed and why it was used. Much more content needs to be added for this to merit an article. The topic is notable but as it stands the article is too thin for inclusion. Would be like having an article on Barack Obama and having it say 'Barack Obama was a black guy who may have been born in the United States sometime after 1840'. Though Obama is notable, I don't think such an article should or would stand. Maybe not the best example, but hopefully you get my point. DegenFarang (talk) 20:59, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 13:48, 4 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment - If you think the topic is notable, then AfD is not the place for it (see WP:BEFORE). I personally don't think the topic is notable, and if additional references aren't added, I'd suggest delete, but I'm withholding my !vote for now. PDCook (talk) 16:09, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * See WP:IAR. I am attempting to improve Wikipedia by getting rid of this worthless article. This is the second time somebody is telling me 'this is not the proper method to do so'. I don't have time to wade through red-tape and bureaucracy any longer - just to appease a single editor that I did things the 'right' way in having the article deleted. It should be deleted, so let's WP:IAR and delete it because it will improve Wikipedia (and not waste any more of my time). DegenFarang (talk) 09:51, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't see how bringing an article you think is notable to AfD can be excused by WP:IAR, as there plently of policy-based ways to improve Wikipedia here. If you think the article is notable, then WP:Stub it down (it's pretty much a stub already) or expand it appropriately. If you wish to change your deletion rationale, and say that this topic does not meet Wikipedia's notability policy, then I think you might have a case here. Given that there is a reference that mentions the action of back breaking (although it doesn't use the term verbatim), I would imagine this could be merged into an existing article. As far as the red tape and bureaucracy, it's simply a matter of learning a few core policies before jumping into the deep end. PDCook (talk) 13:07, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, I retract, I do not think the topic is notable. DegenFarang (talk) 17:00, 5 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete and merge (already merged) into Mongol_Empire. This section already had the same image that the Breaking Back article has, and one sentence about back breaking could be added to the text. I might go ahead and add this if I get the time. PDCook (talk) 14:26, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I added a sentence about back-breaking and the reference given in this article to the Mongol_Empire article. So no loss of information will occur if this article is deleted. PDCook (talk) 22:24, 5 March 2010 (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.