Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparisons between Scots and Jews


 * 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   DELETED per WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, WP:V, and finally WP:SNOW. If someone wants to write this article from sources, and post something that isn't simply repetition of stereotypes, please feel free to do so. This wasn't it. If anyone reviewing this close wants to see a copy of what's deleted, just ask me. -GTBacchus(talk) 22:10, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Comparisons between Scots and Jews

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No references, just original research & opinions. Dori (Talk • Contribs) 03:22, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - OR and personal observations. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 03:26, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Unsourced original research. Edward321 (talk) 03:48, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - OR and possibly attacking. &rarr;If you have questions, please leave a comment on my talk page ( JakeBathman ) 04:02, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete - As vandalism; no encyclopedic value whatsoever. § FreeRangeFrog 04:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Actually, this is a fairly standard comparison. Nowadays we might call it bigotry, but I'm not sure it was thought of this way in he 19th c. b. G Book Search gives a number of lines to pursue. For example, the H. Kingsley from 1869. Even the Sowell from 1975, and, epitimizing it "SCOTS LIKENED TO JEWS AXD ATHENIANS. through the tumults of centuries; and now, in spite of all the hindrances which nature has placed in their way" p.23 of Burns, William. The Scottish War of Independence; Its Antecedents and Effects. London: Reeves & Turner, 1875. DGG (talk) 05:03, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete OR & person opinions, bordering on racism. --     05:15, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete "Scottish and Jewish: two racial stereotypes for the price of one! Perhaps the best value in the graveyard this morning. Perhaps not." Artw (talk) 06:39, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Nick-D (talk) 08:01, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete This page suggests there is a connection between the two when any similarities that aren't totally tendentious are simply coincidental. Leaving this lying around would promote the idea there is a link. - Mgm|(talk) 09:21, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - it fails WP:OR and WP:POV. (And what Scottish pork taboo? I'm from Scotland, and I've never heard of it.) DitzyNizzy (aka Jess) | (talk to me) | (What I've done)  10:30, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Absolute nonsense, WP:NOT. --84.45.219.185 (talk) 10:32, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Snow delete per User:Freerangefrog.-- S Marshall  Talk / Cont  12:19, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - OR, borderline attack page, unsourced, indiscriminate. AlexTiefling (talk) 13:46, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't see this as an attack page at all--it's simply poorly written, really poorly. And DGG is absolutely correct in his assessment of the historical verifiability of this kind of prejudice (thank you for doing that legwork, DGG)--but this is not the way to do it. There should be an additional paragraph (or more), with the proper references, under Anti-Scottish sentiment, along the lines of Anti-Irish_racism--though that very section needs some help (it fails to mention, for instance, that the Irish were depicted in blackface in American newspapers...). But I don't see this as a valid search term, and think deletion is the way to go, also since it's not so much the very comparison that's relevant here but the general stereotyping of an ethnic category. Perhaps DGG, when he has a moment, can write this up properly... Drmies (talk) 17:43, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete -OR, unsourced and sterotyping.—Sandahl (talk) 17:55, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete unsourced drivel. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:25, 4 March 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.