Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World reaction to the New Delhi bombings


 * 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 delete. There's a unanimous consensus that this article shouldn't exist on its own, which leaves the question whether we should preserve this page as it is or as a redirect for the merge. Normally merges result in redirects, but as these are quotes, if any were inserted into New Delhi bombings a redirect from here wouldn't be necessary as no-one's original GFDL-licensed work is being copied. Consequently I'm closing as delete on the basis that all of this can be found elsewhere, and if it can't, they're not verifiable quotes and can't be merged anyway, as Stephen says. Will restore into userspace on request if anyone was thinking of copying some of the quotes to New Delhi bombings but can't remember what they were. --Sam Blanning(talk) 15:07, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

World reaction to the New Delhi bombings
Originally, user:Litclass tried to list this article for deletion, with the explanation: "this is peoples opinion and lacks citations and not really encylopedia like". I repaired the AfD listing and happen to agree. The article was tagged for copying to Wikiquote for the better part of a year. It is a collection of quotes, with no sources or even context. I assume some of the quotes could be merged to the main article about the bombings, but right now there are no links in either direction. The title is an unlikely search term, so turning it into a redirect is unnecessary. Even the proposed copying to Wikiquote looks unnecessary to me, as the quotes are not exceptional, but the standard quotes every major act of terrorism produces. Thus, delete --Huon 08:45, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to New_Delhi_bombings where sources are available. Tonywalton | Talk 11:07, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge and delete per Tonywalton. The world reactions can be handled in the main article itself. - Aksi_great (talk - review me) 14:25, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: the quotes are not cited. Any which can be verified could be merged as above. Stephen B Streater 22:11, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've found this link which has some quotes in it. Stephen B Streater 22:14, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: Digging a bit deeper, it's clear this refers to a different bombing even though it's the same quote. It makes me even more keen to have cites for these quotes. Stephen B Streater 22:25, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge anything useful, per Aksi_great and Delete. No redirect please. Wikipedia is not Wikiquote. utcursch | talk 06:09, 6 August 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.