Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New atheism and Islamophobia


 * 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. postdlf (talk) 03:18, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

New atheism and Islamophobia

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Article was prodded for deletion as a non-encyclopedic essay, but the prod was removed by the article creator. I think the original reason for deletion stands. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 23:27, 17 February 2015 (UTC)


 * keep, There are many comparison of religious positions on wikipedia. This happens to be a much talked about component of the relationship between Islam and atheism. Round here yeah (talk) 00:28, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I am seeing nothing in this article that would not fit into New Atheism. Why does this topic deserve a dedicated article? (By the way, if you want the article to be kept, your vote should read "keep", rather than "oppose"; I assume the admin who closes the debate will read it as keep, but its still better to use the accepted terminology). FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 00:54, 18 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete. Transparent WP:COATRACK. Not seeing a real rationale for a redirect given unlikelihood of this exact phrase ever being used as a search term. Pax 01:23, 18 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete Other articles of this type exist, for example: Christianity and antisemitism. However, those articles have lots of instances of attacks on one religion by members of another, where a this article is just synthesising a theory out of a few accusatory articles in the media. Liam987  (talk)  03:09, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:39, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Atheism-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:39, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:39, 18 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment. In theory, an article could be created, but this synthesis is not it.  I'm not sure if it's so bad as to be deleted or just userfied or redirected for more work. Bearian (talk) 20:53, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep: There are plenty of sources for the article, there is no danger of SYNTH taking place. The topic is covered by reliable third party sources. Searches showed the following results for New Atheism and Islamophobia:
 * News with 4500 results
 * Books with 627 results
 * G.scholar with 2350 results


 * Note added later; this is just one article from the independent which directly speaks about new atheism and islamophobia in detail. There is significant coverage of this topic in secondary sources who are independent of the subject. The article meets the general notability guidelines so is WP:GNG compliant.
 * 18:28, 20 February 2015 (UTC)Mbcap (talk) 18:56, 20 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete WP:SYNTH and WP:COATRACK, collection of different sources, some of lesser quality, inappropriately making broader claims (such as opinion texts discussing Sam Harris linked to whole "New atheism". The best sources could be used, and are used, in New atheism's criticism section. There's simply not enough for a whole article. --Pudeo' 18:47, 20 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete I agree with this article is largely WP:SYNTH and WP:COATRACK based on a couple of opinion articles. --I am One of Many (talk) 03:04, 24 February 2015 (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.