Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Culture of the Indian Ocean Islands


 * 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 delete. I would be happy to userfy it to someone interested in splitting the info into new pages. J04n(talk page) 15:24, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Culture of the Indian Ocean Islands

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Full of original research with no references or reliable sources. Also the subject matter is more about the history of them rather than anything cultural. Mattg82 (talk) 13:53, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 15:27, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Islands-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 15:27, 18 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete. As original research. If anyone wants to userfy it to address the OR issues, they should. Ajf773 (talk) 18:55, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep but reduce to a stub with references. There are indeed plenty of references relating to the culture of the Indian Ocean Islands in Google books. My issue is not necessarily the focus on history, as the history and culture of a group can be intertwined. My issue is the lack of refs for such a detailed article. However, not adding refs (despite refs being available) does not necessitate deletion. As regards to notability, it is notable just like Culture of the Cook Islands, Culture of the Solomon Islands, Culture of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, etc. Senegambianamestudy (talk) 11:50, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The article would be better suited to splitting down to sub island groups as per the examples you've mentioned. Ajf773 (talk) 17:43, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 04:00, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. North America1000 13:05, 25 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Split -- I see very little cohesion between the separate cultures of various islands or groups. Some cultures are the result of Muslim acculturation through Arab traders.  In other cases, it is the dominant effect is European colonisation.  ESSAY Peterkingiron (talk) 17:39, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - no references, fails WP:V. Not clear these are discussed as a group in any event - there are ESSARY concerns here as well.Icewhiz (talk) 11:53, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Regretful delete If someone wants to userfy this somewhere, they can -- I agree with the above that this also needs to be split up. An article unreferenced for eleven years is not a good look. ! dave  10:43, 2 February 2018 (UTC)


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