Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Population reduction conspiracy theory (2nd nomination)


 * 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. Michig (talk) 08:35, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Population reduction conspiracy theory
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Original research, the entire article is original synthesis, describes and names a conspiracy theory that seemingly only exists in the editor's head - no sources given to establish the independent existence of this particular conspiracy theory. greenrd (talk) 23:19, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Conspiracy theories-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:01, 14 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment. SPLC gives a fair amount of coverage to the theory here; other reliable coverage can be found (e.g. here and here). Related content in New World Order (conspiracy theory), Chemtrail conspiracy theory, and HIV conspiracy theories. The article is a mess of WP:SYNTH. If this articles survives, everything should go except the first sentence... and that could be cited to the the SPLC link. - Location (talk) 03:28, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Redirect to New World Order (conspiracy theory). This basically duplicates that section, but it uses synthesis and original research to do it.  If someone can come up with better sources, the article could possibly be recreated. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:03, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 03:54, 21 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Merge into human population control. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't actually out to get you.  It's no secret that there are quite draconian measures already being used such as China's one-child policy.  The idea of using disease to attack populations is not exactly new either - see Guns, Germs, and Steel for details.  Andrew (talk) 08:33, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. This article refers to a specific conspiracy theory which does not appear to be mentioned in any online media as far as I can tell. The fact that governments such as that of China may have plans related to population control has little to do with this. The article is basically a hodgepodge of various people's opinions on the size of the world population together with wild (and unsourced) speculation on various topics. It would be unreasonable to merge this content into any existing article. It should be deleted per WP:OR and WP:FRINGE. --Sammy1339 (talk) 02:50, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * By the way, the SPLC source cited above refers to a specific theory of the radical right in the U.S. that the U.N. wants to depopulate America specifically. That is not the theory discussed in the article. Actually, in the article it is not even clear who the conspirators are supposed to be. --Sammy1339 (talk) 02:58, 26 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete as WP:OR/synthesis. If there are specific 'population reduction' conspiracy theories which can be shown to meet Wikipedia notability guidelines, they may merit inclusion in relevant articles - but without a source which discusses 'population reduction' conspiracy theories generally as a topic, there would be no legitimate grounds for compiling an article from disparate sources as has been (badly) attempted here. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:40, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Pure OR and synthesis unsupported by reliable independent secondary sources. The conspiracy theory mentioned in the SPLC source is not the topic of the present article. Cab be deleted in its entirety. I see nothing worth merging that isn't already in potential target articles. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 12:17, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete All of the sources cited deal with overpopulation. None of them have anything to do with forcible population reduction. The actual information about the components of the conspiracy theory is entirely unsourced. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 03:44, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
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