Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unofficial emblem of Turkey


 * 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   no consensus. One (talk) 00:38, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Unofficial emblem of Turkey

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This article is an attempt to define an official take on state symbols of Turkey which are themselves unofficial. An edit war has been taking place on the Turkey article concerning the "official" symbol of Turkey, and the existence of this article, which is itself the target of an edit war, exists almost solely to fuel the edit war over on the Turkey article. The article itself has been in existence for a long time, with Coat of arms of Turkey and Emblem of Turkey redirecting here. However, the fact that there appears to be no consensus on what the actual topic of the article is, and that it is being used to sustain a senseless edit war leads me to believe the article should be deleted. Hiberniantears (talk) 13:33, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Turkey-related deletion discussions.  -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  14:51, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to the main article on Turkey. There's enough referenced information to be of interest but not enough for its own article with a problematic title. -- BlueSquadron Raven  22:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment there have only been 12 edits before you prodded it all of this year. That can hardly be characterized as a major edit war. Almost every edit last year was by bots. Where is this edit war that you speak of? It's not apparent from the article history that there was ever an edit war on this article. 70.29.213.241 (talk) 05:03, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Close nomination The right course of action to stop an edit war is to penalize the participants, not to delete WP content. - Mgm|(talk) 08:53, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment The edit war is on the Turkey article, and to some extent the Ottoman Empire page as well. The fact that the existence of the subject of this article can't even be agreed upon, and that the argument is largely played out at the Turkey article causes more trouble than it is worth. Useful content can just be merged into the Turkey article. It strikes me that "unofficial" anything shouldn't escape the trivia section of a main article. Hiberniantears (talk) 11:18, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment that an edit war occurs on another article should not be used as an excuse to delete an article where no edit war has occurred. If it were really controversial, there would have been an edit war on this article, since the editor would modify this article to conform to their positions. This has not occurred. 70.29.213.241 (talk) 05:48, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. It seems notable and noteworthy and similar articles exist for other countries. I'm confused as to what the edit war on Turkey has to do with thin nomination. The information in the article in question seems, at a glance, to be well written and well sourced.


 * 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.