Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Portella della Ginestra massacre


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The result was keep. John254 00:34, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Portella della Ginestra massacre

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Was speedy delete tagged, but it seems to have plenty of content and notability to me. Anthony Appleyard 13:18, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, or merge into Salvatore Giuliano. The article is badly in need of cleanup, and was basically incomprehensible to me until I read the Giuliano article, but the incident seems to deserve coverage somewhere. EALacey 13:39, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Clumsily written article about a major crime that outraged Italy in 1947. Basically, the Communist party got a plurality of the votes in elections in Sicily in '47, at a time when Communism was spreading across Eastern Europe and Asia, and reaching into Western Europe.  Salvatore Giuliano set out to kidnap or kill the leader of the Italian Communists, and struck at a rally on May 1; at least 11 people were killed in the shooting.  If anything, it helped the cause of Communism.  This comes from Girolamo Li Causi which tells the story better.  In this case, I'm going to be bold and try to improve this one.  Mandsford 13:49, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Mandsford. STORMTRACKER   94  13:54, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete The article is basically a copy-edit of some paragraphs out of a book. It gives no context and is not up to wikipedia standards. The event needs to mentioned but that does not mean this rubbish has to be kept. It can always be recreated. - Mafia Expert 19:06, 14 October 2007 (UTC) OK, it has been improved, although it still needs serious re-editing. - Mafia Expert 21:11, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Obviously encyclopedic. I've added a source. --Victor falk 21:23, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Obviously worthy of being in an encyclopedia. The much cleaned up article appeas sensible and depicts a relatively major crime. --Notjarvis 23:01, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, but needs further expanding - although good work has been done since AfD nomination already. -- Sander Säde  09:40, 17 October 2007 (UTC)


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