Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chebo people


 * 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 keep. Tone 16:48, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Chebo people

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Unsourced and poorly written article proposing the existence of an ethnic group. Turtlewong (talk) 02:54, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ethiopia-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:03, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:03, 5 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Interesting. Well, firstly, at the time of nomination it had 3 citations. Those should certainly be checked, but a priori this is a sourced article.
 * Secondly, if "poorly written" were grounds for deletion, we'd have a much smaller encyclopedia than we do.
 * Thirdly, the Chebo/Chabo (both spellings are mentioned in the article) do appear to exist: [Trimingham's Islam in Ethiopia says: "[[Enrico Cerulli|Cerulli]] writes of the Chabo of south-west Ethiopia, who speak Oromo but are of mixed Gurage and Sidama origin: 'As amongst all the other Galla groups, so also with the Chabo their Monophysite Christianity ... has superimposed itself upon the local paganism without destroying their ancestral beliefs and practices.'" This locates the Chabo geographically, linguistically, ethnically, and in terms of religion. The Atlas of Ethiopian Livelihoods states, too, that the people of the Chebo-Inchini area of Oromia live on enset, barley, and cattle. I'll tidy up the article a bit, add this source, and investigate a little further. It would help enormously if someone who has lived in Ethiopia and maybe speaks Oromo were able to help on this AfD. Meanwhile, I'd be minded to keep the article. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:22, 5 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Chebo is a regional identification not an ethnic group. For example, Amhara is an ethnic group but Amharas from Gondar say they Gondare, from Gojame say they are Gojame, etc. Your source above doesn't state that Chebo is an ethnic group. Rather, Chebo is a regional subgroup of Oromos who lived in (at the time of the book's publication) in Chebo Awrajja. Also, I stand by my criticism of the article being unsourced. The three references listed in the article are off topic and make no mention of Chebo as an ethnicity. This what I meant by poor writing: making claims and then citing random papers that do not support the statements. Turtlewong (talk) 16:54, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep. If the Chebo are not an ethnic group, that is grounds for improving the article, not deletion.  The claim the article is unsourced is misleading; at most, it is the claim that the Chebo are an ethnic group that is unsourced.  There is no prima facie reason for us not to have an article on a regional group.  There is Cockney for instance, which no one in their right mind would claim constitutes an ethnicity.  Since no one has made a claim that the Chebo are not notable, they meet our criteria for inclusion. SpinningSpark 17:27, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:38, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep The article probably does need to be rewritten, but that's not grounds for deletion. funplussmart (talk) 00:20, 15 October 2018 (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.