Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Political kidnapping


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The result was keep. Eddie891 Talk Work 22:59, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Political kidnapping

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Seems like a load of original research Prisencolin (talk) 22:01, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 22:07, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 22:07, 8 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep The article is currently just a stub and so it's not much of anything. The topic is notable as it is easy to find sources:
 * The third type of kidnapping...
 * Political Kidnapping: An Introductory Overview
 * Characteristics of the Poltical Kidnapping
 * The Diplomatic Kidnappings: A Revolutionary Tactic of Urban Terrorism
 * So, per WP:ATD, "If editing can improve the page, this should be done rather than deleting the page."
 * Andrew🐉(talk) 23:13, 8 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep per Andrew Davidson. BlackholeWA (talk) 00:13, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Currently WP:ITN, this certainly isn't a deletion candidate by any means. If you can bring an article here, you surely can also improve it.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 00:40, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep this belongs on wikipedia. Four4shi (talk) 01:10, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep as per discussion above. Balle010 (talk) 02:16, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per sourcing found, and the above. I found:
 * Jackson, S. G. (1973). Surviving the long night: An autobiographical account of a political kidnapping. New York: Vanguard Press
 * Peterson, R. E. (1978). Political Kidnapping: A New Risk in International Business. Interfaces, 8(2), 46-53.
 * File-Muriel, M. D. P. (2013). An exploration of the social effectiveness of political kidnapping testimonios in Colombia. Journal of Contemporary Anthropology, 4(1), 2.
 * Brach, R. S. (1971). The Inter-American Convention on the Kidnapping of Diplomats. Colum. J. Transnat'l L., 10, 392.
 * Turner, M. (1998). Kidnapping and politics. International Journal of the Sociology of Law, 26(2), 145-160.
 * Akpan, N. S. (2010). Kidnapping in Nigeria’s Niger Delta: an exploratory study. Journal of Social Sciences, 24(1), 33-42.
 * Van Dyk, J. (2017). The trade: my journey into the labyrinth of political kidnapping. PublicAffairs.

 Glee anon 04:42, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep, per all of the sources cited above, but especially Political Kidnapping: An Introductory Overview. Right cite (talk) 14:54, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Click the reliable sources search at the top of the AFD and a lot of results. I'm surprised this isn't a category.   D r e a m Focus  14:55, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Plenty of sources about a notable topic. Plenty of room for expansion without getting into any specific case. --Enos733 (talk) 15:11, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep, Although article needs more work but it is a notable topic with available sources, Alex-h (talk) 07:45, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:GNG. While it can be vastly improved, it's a decent start, and has been in the news lately. Bearian (talk) 15:44, 13 October 2020 (UTC)


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