Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Effects of Sterilization Law on the Deaf in Nazi Germany


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 15:28, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

The Effects of Sterilization Law on the Deaf in Nazi Germany

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This is not an encyclopedia article about a topic, but an WP:ESSAY about the effects of an encyclopedia topic — even the creator's username betrays that this is a misplaced collegiate essay. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 07:01, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. WP:NOTWEBHOST. Regards, James(talk/contribs) 07:21, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - it is an essay. Anything useful might be merged to Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring. JMWt (talk) 08:26, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. There is nothing wrong with an article in this encyclopedia about the "effects" of something, as long as the effects have received significant coverage and discussion in reliable secondary sources (see, e.g., Effects of cannabis, Effects of the April 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption, Effects of Agent Orange on the Vietnamese people, etc-). However, I am not sure that this article, in its current state, can be brought up to encyclopedic standards, and we should probably delete (per WP:NOTESSAY and WP:TNT) to create a redlink, which will hopefully incentivize the creation of an appropriate article on this topic. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 17:18, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. Interesting topic but as has been noted, it's an essay. It actually could make a good article but it has the tone of an essay and would need to be fundamentally re-written. -- Non-Dropframe   talk   22:14, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. There's a fair chance that Nazi persecution of the deaf is notable, but we'd have to rewrite the article from scratch to fix this. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 07:18, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete/Draft/Userfy. WP:NOTESSAY, but it does have potential. Not Wikipedia-suitable in its current state though. It also appears to be an educational assignment, based on the creator's username. Anyone know of Hancock College by chance? GabeIglesia (talk) 22:07, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTESSAY. I agree that a redlink might incentivize the creation of an appropriate article on this topic. -  t u coxn \talk 20:04, 3 April 2016 (UTC)


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