Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taliban Supporters


 * 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 speedily deleted as a violation of multiple Wikipedia policies, including but not limited to WP:BLP, WP:NOR, WP:SYN and WP:V. FCYTravis 05:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Taliban Supporters

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This article is unencyclopaedic, subjective, poorly written, not sufficiently sourced, and is almost certainly a breach of Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons. It is also possibly libellous, and should not appear in Wikipedia. I previously nominated the article for speedy deletion, but this nomination was removed woithout explanation by MZMcBride. RolandR 13:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

*Speedy KEEP but edit. Some of the language is certainly unencyclopaedic ("The big cheese"?) and needs to be cleaned up, but clearly both the organization and individuals are notable and their associations are on record by reliable independent sources. The article could definitely use some cleaning up with more referenced sources and detail, but is obviously a keeper. BaldDee 13:45, 27 August 2007 (UTC) Checkuser-confirmed sockpuppet.  E LIMINATOR JR  22:56, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep per User:BaldDee. --Hornet35 14:18, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. One can view this as a POV fork of either Taliban or the individual biographies, and I agree with the nominator that there are some WP:BLP issues, too. Jakew 14:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete (borderline speedy) POV fork, list titled as an article, arbitrary or absent inclusion criteria, attempt to spinout core vital information from an article; nothing is wrong in principle with a List of people alleged to have supported the Taliban or List of alleged Taliban members but this is a long way from that. Eleland 16:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete Look at the Taliban page. There is no need of this article - it seems to have been created by someone with an extremly limited knowledge of the subject. Thus, it is a grab-bag of names taken from who-knows-where - blogs? MarkBul 16:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - A complete POV, this doens't belong here. -- Hirohisat Kiwi 16:32, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete adds nothing to info in the Taliban article, or the individual biographies. Looks like an attempt at a POV fork, and violates WP:BLP. --NSH001 16:46, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete. Blatant POV fork and listcruft. Realkyhick 17:24, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete for several reasons: redundant to Taliban (we don't need an article specifically about the people who agree with their ideology), the article is insufficiently sourced for such a controversial theme, and the creator claims that this is an "attempt to stifle the discussion", making me think this is a POV fork. Hut 8.5 18:27, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, a blatant and unnecessary POV fork. RFerreira 23:15, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as speedily as possible, given serious WP:BLP issues.  I have already deleted one obviously poorly sourced allegation. --Slp1 00:10, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as redundant to Taliban and possibly violating BLP. Dbromage  [Talk]  00:55, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.