Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Voltaire's views on race


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The result was transwiki (done). I've left a soft redirect. Proto :: type  14:55, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Voltaire's views on race
This is a set of quotations, thinly larded with original research. Transwiki to Wikisource. Septentrionalis 23:04, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Some of these are relevant to his history, but would be too much to merge back into the Voltaire article. Still if we transwiki I think some of these quotes should be placed in the main article.--T. Anthony 00:24, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment How can a series of quotes possibly be 'original research'? I strongly oppose deletion for this -- GordonRoss01:24, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The handful of words between the quotes are strongly opinionated and completely unsourced. I also agree with Tonywalton's objection: we have no way of knowing that these quotes are representative of the Essai sur moeurs, much less Voltaire's whole body of work. Septentrionalis 18:09, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Transwiki, per nominator. OR or not (and while a set of quotes in themselves are not OR the action of selecting them out of context may well be, and may be POV as well) slabs of quotes belong on Wikisource. Tonywalton | Talk 10:16, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Transwiki, Mukadderat 16:30, 16 November 2006 (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.