Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Question Time George Galloway in Finchley controversy


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The result was merge to George Galloway. T. Canens (talk) 18:15, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Question Time George Galloway in Finchley controversy

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Per the discussion on the talk page, I don't quite see why this one-off controversy deserves its own, standalone page, under this unheard of name. It should be, and already is, noted briefly on the Question Time and George Galloway pages – both without a discrete heading. As those pages note, both the programme and Galloway have a string of individual controversies to their names. Is the argument that every single QT controversy (see also here and here) or every single Galloway should be spun out and given its own sub-page? Most don't, and nor should they. The only QT one which does, AFAICT, is the Nick Griffin appearance, which this seems to be modelled on – but that arguably helped lead to the demise of the BNP so has huge significance, whereas this is just one passing event in Galloway's life. Yes there are sources for this, but they are all pretty much media sources from the time or thereabouts, and overall this fails WP:LASTING and WP:PERSISTENCE.  N-HH   talk / edits  11:27, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom.  N-HH   talk / edits  11:28, 28 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep: How often are politicians reputed prejudices and supposed incitement for racial hatred the subject of debate for about twenty minutes on television? This edition of Question Time was a significant debate after George Galloway was involved in several incidents which suggested he has a difficult relationship with Jews and a total antipathy towards Israel.


 * Many Wikipedia articles are fixed in time, and the ones to which WP:LASTING most apply are likely not to be accessed very often and so remain unnoticed as a target for deletionists. WP:LASTING ends with the comment: "This does not, however, mean recent events with unproven lasting effect are automatically non-notable". Because the Israel-Palestine conflict is an ongoing issue, and so are allegedly inflammatory comments by George Galloway about the region, this may not remain a closed issue. In other words, it is too early to say decisively that this article should be removed. Philip Cross (talk) 12:20, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge/Redirect: Galloway is well known for his views on Israel, which he has voiced on numerous occasions, and this incident is no more significant than any other involving him. Had this incident led to the demise of his career (as the Griffin appearance did for the BNP) then we'd have a strong argument for a standalone article. Instead, I think a redirect to the appropriate section of George Galloway would be enough, and add anything that's missing to that from what we have here. This is Paul (talk) 15:38, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge to the article on george Galloway. There is no reason to have a seperate article on this subject.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:39, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   19:16, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:30, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  17:37, 12 January 2017 (UTC)


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