Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of ethnic conflicts involving the Dutch Colonialists


 * 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 of the debate was KEEP. Owen&times; &#9742;  23:27, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

List of ethnic conflicts involving the Dutch Colonialists
hopelessly POV kenasuta 00:12, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - I think the article could be of use, but needs to be cleaned up to be less POV. 9cds 00:39, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename per Talk:List_of_ethnic_conflicts_involving_the_Dutch_Colonialists to Ethnic Conflicts involving Dutch Colonies. Seems to be notable enough to keep.Zordrac 02:15, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep just because it will be a contentious page that might end up full of POV doesn't make it worthy of deletion. Peyna 03:12, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename/de-listify. Having a prose article would be much more helpful. - Mgm|(talk) 10:31, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, rename, prose-ify per Zordrac and Mgm. Youngamerican 13:39, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, rename, prose-ify as stated above. This is better treated in article, not list, format. KillerChihuahua 14:02, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as above. Trollderella 21:49, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * keep this as above please Yuckfoo 01:04, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Slap an NPOV notice on it if you think it's a problem. Should be prose-ified prosaicized  prosidized rewritten as prose. Now, everyone please dig out your old Kingston Trio LP and drop the needle on "A Merry Minuet:"  "The whole world is festering with unhappy souls/The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles/Italians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch/And I don't like anybody very much." Dpbsmith (talk) 13:35, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Unless the lack of credible sources is remedied, this appears to violate Verifiability -- red stucco 11:03, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * In cases like this where it's likely that credible sources will exist for many of the claims in the article, the appropriate remedy is an tag, not deletion. &mdash; Haeleth Talk 13:02, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep The Dutch were important in many countries. I know that all you out there will think that England discovered everything, as this is an English Encyclopedia, but they didn't. (sorry) Wallie 15:23, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey, I'll have you know that we English are perfectly aware that the Dutch were also a colonial power: how could we have won the Anglo-Dutch wars and the Boer Wars if there'd been nobody to fight? :)  &mdash; Haeleth Talk 13:02, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I respect the rich, important Dutch tradition. Why, where would we be without "Dutch treat," "to Dutch uncle," and "Dutch courage?" Plus all the little burgs in New York with names Fishkill, Catskill, Roadkill, etc. Now, personally I can do without salty licorice, that that's an entirely 'nother matter. Dpbsmith (talk) 15:13, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, an important aspect of history, though some cleanup may be needed - I'm not sure the ethnic conflicts in New York have much to do with the fact that it was once a Dutch colony. Also convert to prose and rename per Zordrac, Mgm, etc. &mdash; Haeleth Talk 13:02, 2 December 2005 (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.