Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rasta (Congo)


 * 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 keep. Since the nom's major issue was with the references, and the references have now been provided, consensus is to keep. (non-admin closure)  Onel 5969  TT me 13:11, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Rasta (Congo)

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Only one reference (it's the New York Times but we only have one article there) leading me to wonder if this name ever 'caught on'. Also, even though the reference is the Times there is something odd about the description.

The one reference names the Rasta as one group among those that are a topic of that article and may be quoting a non-authoritative source the name. (i.e. the Rasta are in the article rather than an article about 'them'.)

Without further referencing I think we should delete the article (after having it tagged for clean up since 2007). RJFJR (talk) 18:08, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:01, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:01, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Tricky thing is, too, there are articles on attempts to practice Rastafarianism in central Africa that may use the abbreviated term Rastas in a totally different context. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:06, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 07:12, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep A quick google search turned up another source (http://www.irinnews.org/printreport.aspx?reportid=73567). --Banana (talk) 09:53, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Added other sources that came up on article's talk page. --Banana (talk) 10:01, 17 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep – The Rastas were formed circa 2004 and are a splinter group of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, a primary remnant Rwandan Hutu rebel group in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There's a lot of coverage about the group; some only name the Rastas once or twice and then later refers to them as “the group”, “the rebels” or “they”, etc. Overall, the topic meets WP:GNG, and there are likely additional sources available that I cannot access. Source examples include, but are not limited to:, , , , , , , , , , . North America1000 08:43, 20 January 2016 (UTC)


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