Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Position of the media on the Armenian Genocide


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 02:31, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Position of the media on the Armenian Genocide

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Article is almost entirely original research. Most citations are to primary sources, instead of to secondary sources that analyze the primary sources. Billhpike (talk) 00:52, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete - this is WP:OR - and even pretty poor OR. Sourced to PRIMARY opinion pieces (and a TV review) - not all of which indicate that the media organization supports the opinion it published. No clear secondary coverage of the topic - which makes notability unclear (is the position of the media on the Armenian genocide a topic of interest?). The article also seems POVish in that it tries to promote a false-balance on a subject in which there is little balance - sources outside of Turkey mostly unequivocally state genocide - the exception being politicians who attempt to keep diplomatic relations cool.Icewhiz (talk) 08:16, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
 * WEak keep -- A primary source is commonly the best source. The Armenian genocide is clearly a notable topic, but one on which the Turkish government is in denial.  The position taken by media on this strikes me as a notable topic.  It may be that there is also some academic work on the topic, which ought to be included.  This is certainly not a good article, but not so bad as to need TNT.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:27, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep It has very little coverage but I don't think it should be eliminated. Harut111 (talk) 13:27, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete- It really is not a notable topic. Something could be written in the Armenian Genocide about how the Turkish media denies it, but I really don't see the value of trying to compile a record of how every news agency in the world reports on it. It is also very subjective whether or not a particular news agency is neutral on the issue or not. I also question whether Press coverage during the Armenian Genocide is really a necessary list article.--Rusf10 (talk) 03:08, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TonyBallioni (talk) 14:48, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT. Wikipedia is not the place to attempt to track bias in the media in this way. power~enwiki ( π,  ν ) 21:15, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I also agree that it's probably original research to try to tell a newspaper's editorial position from individual news stories. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 21:16, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete -- Does not meet WP:LISTN. Original research and inappropriate synthesis. K.e.coffman (talk) 19:50, 21 January 2018 (UTC)


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