Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rif Independence Movement


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The result was   merge to  List of active separatist movements in Africa. As per consensus, someone can do the MERGE the panda ₯’  22:41, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Rif Independence Movement

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As a speedy and a prod were declined, I am nominating this for deletion. It fails ORG by a large margin.

This article is confuse, as it starts hinting to the Rif War against the Spanish-French in the early 1920s led by Abdelkrim, and which wasn't a secessionist movement but rather a resistance movement. (That is the mainstream view in scholarly literature)

The "Rif Independence Movement" is probably a non-existent organisation (it doesn't even has a serious website, with address, phone number etc, let alone being mentioned in RS). The "Organization of Emerging African States", to which the movement supposedly belongs, is itself non-notable (0 hits in Google news) and probably not even existent off the web

Outside the (trivial) mention on the "OEAS", the movement does not have a known leader or any mention (even trivial) in any RS. Its supposed website is as generic as to suspect an instance of WP:HOAX Tachfin (talk) 08:25, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Addendum: Also note that the page has been deleted twice before and its creator user:Rifnation received a causeblock. --Tachfin (talk) 08:40, 4 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep and improve - I added sources to the article. The topic is based upon a movement and organization that originated in Morocco during the 1920s. In Morocco, the organization was revitalized in 2013. The organization is presently a member of the Organization of Emerging African States (see ), and it is most certainly not a "hoax". NorthAmerica1000 08:29, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Don't you think that's too light? Where is coverage in RS? --Tachfin (talk) 08:40, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * See book sources in the article. However, I'm fine with a merge (see below). NorthAmerica1000 09:03, 4 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Merge to List of active separatist movements in Africa. This would work for me. NorthAmerica1000 09:02, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge and pick up the other "OEAS" members if they are significant. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 12:03, 4 May 2014 (UTC).


 * Even though I prodded it, I'm uneasy about deleting this article. We might benefit from an Arabic language search. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 12:05, 4 May 2014 (UTC).


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:43, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:43, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
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