Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Politically motivated violence


 * 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. That the article is original research is the consensus. Courcelles 00:10, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Politically motivated violence

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This article should be deleted per WP:NOTDIC. Furthermore it doesn't cite any sources since March 2009 and is written as a personal reflection. Marokwitz (talk) 09:07, 5 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete - Original essay in dictionary definition form. Carrite (talk) 15:40, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Markowitz, Carrite.AMuseo (talk) 19:52, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:14, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, unsourced mini-essay, appears to violate WP:OR. -- Kinu t /c  22:23, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

A word from the article creator
It has been several years since I created this article. Notwithstanding the obvious wish to see an article of mine remain, i do feel that it deserves an independent entry, as it puts some clarification on the nature of the subject which would be too easily lost diluted or diminished in value if merged into the various other articles (terrorism, war, genocide, etc.). Essentially merging it with terrorism, war, genocide, or any of the other subjects ti refers to defeats the entire point, as e.g. Terrorism is the more specific article, i.e. it would be illogical to merge 'sports' into the article on 'football', 'baseball', 'la crosse', or 'golf'. If a merge is necessary, and I think given the size of the article, that is probably the case, the only article into which I think it would be suitably merged; and thus dealt with appropriately with the subject matter being expounded upon rather than merely deleted because someone is 'offended' with it; would be the article on Violence. AQBachler (talk) 20:52, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

If its size and lack of citations is the issue then I suppose I can spend the time to work on a more thorough and well cited article given the time to do so. I am not sure exactly what the time frame is but I can probably have something finished if given a few months. AQBachler (talk) 21:03, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete This is an essay/original research, not allowed here; please see WP:OR. Yes, lack of citations is a major problem. If you can find citations to support what you say, the article might qualify to stay here. I suggest that the article be WP:Userfyed to AQBachler so that you can work on it at your leisure without anyone hassling you about it. Again, what it mainly needs is citations, so that we can tell that this is not just your opinion - that what you say is verified by reliable outside sources. After you do that and you think it is ready for Wikipedia, you might ask someone to take a look at it there in your userspace (your own area), before moving it back to mainspace (the main Wikipedia pages). --MelanieN (talk) 17:19, 10 September 2010 (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.