Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mass ethnic violence in Postcolonial Africa


 * 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. ✗ plicit  12:51, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Mass ethnic violence in Postcolonial Africa

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This page appears to link together a number of conflicts which don't appear to be grouped together in any particular source. Its scope has also been changed by a page move in the past day from "genocides in central Africa" to "mass ethnic violence in postcolonial Africa". In either case it looks like a WP:SYNTH of unrelated events. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 7 January 2022 (UTC) Relisting comment: Previously nominated via WP:PROD, ineligible for soft deletion. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  13:02, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:10, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Is the argument here that the article is irredeemable, ie WP:TNT? Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 05:58, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment I'll hold off !voting on this as I'm not quite clear how this is not a content/title dispute. There's more than adequate scholarly work that examines and compares genocide/mass killings in post-colonial Africa.
 * Comment - the article has been prodded twice, by  and by, under the "Genocides in central Africa" title, and now it's been moved. I guess per the sources you quote above, it might be possible to construct a coherent article from the topic in question, but either way this article isn't it. It's just a series of paragraphs about unrelated events, with no attempt to tie them together into any single narrative. So yes, I guess it's WP:TNT. I suggest deleting until someone has the time or inclination to write a proper article on the subject and can defend why it's notable.  &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:57, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom. I agree there is nothing to salvage in this stub. Putting aside the rather nomenclature of a "postcolonial" era, what exactly is "mass ethnic violence"? Does any ethnic violence count? Or is there some kind of subjective judgment about what "mass" means? —Brigade Piron (talk) 21:18, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete thank you for the clarification. Given that Genocides in postcolonial Africa (and variations thereof) redirect here, a suitably appropriate article could be created there. Given the inappropriate use of mass ethic violence in the title and the OR contents, delete is justified. While I'm personally also of the view that postcolonial itself is a problematic term, unfortunately, while not always, it is today predominant.  Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 03:31, 18 January 2022 (UTC)


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