Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pope Benedict XVI Islam controversy


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The result was speedy keep. MER-C 09:27, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Pope Benedict XVI Islam controversy
Out of scope for an encyclopedia, this is news, not knowledge. --Pjacobi 08:15, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep - article is currently featured on the main page (see point 6), Brendanfox 08:33, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Even more an indication for Wikipedia moving from encylcopedia to news portal. --Pjacobi 08:35, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * No, it just happens to be that current events are, by virtue of current news reporting, much easier to research. It just happens to be that researching old world events needs some extra work, but when it comes to current events, everyone's practically dumping references here with a wheelbarrow, because there's a lot of stuff, easy to find. It would make it a lot easier to research, say, the beginning of World War 1, if all of a sudden, half of Internet-based newspapers screamed "that one guy shot the other guy" and reported on all fascinating details of the case, don't you think? Instead, people have to bother going to the library to look at the big books. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 09:18, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep - this is a frivolous nomination, I guess. Everything worth knowing about history was news in its day. Azate 08:40, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Pjacobi is just out to prove a point with this nomination. Azate 08:48, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep - clearly a very notable event with lasting influence on Islam-Christianity relations. --Ioannes Pragensis 08:41, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - I understand the reasoning and aims behind the nom, but you're going to find it difficult to draw a line between news and knowledge. In any case, this article is valid. Onebravemonkey 08:51, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep - Per Azate and Brendanfox. I see your point. Kyaa the Catlord 09:08, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Definite Keep - I agree with Azate's view that this is a frivilous nomination. Wikikob 09:15, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Yep, it goes in the category of "A relatively minor news event with disproportionate amount of sourcing and text", which I find just as weird as anyone else (We probably need "Eventspedia" that would lie somewhere between Wikinews and Wikipedia), but I wouldn't condemn this article just yet. I believe it's warranted now; let's take a look at it next year and re-evaluate what impact it had, shall we? --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 09:18, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
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