Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yasser Arafat

Talk:Yasser Arafat

 * Yasser Arafat will be dead in a short time and this article is generating too much controversy. Delete. -- Chaz
 * Excuse me, but he is an integral part of history, and controversy is part of life here. Keep. [[User:Mo0|Mo0 [ talk ] ]] 05:09, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * I meant the talk page, not the page itself. -- Chaz
 * Keep. Protecting (locking) a page would be a better way to react to the reasons you've given, but I don't really see cause for that, either. -- Kizor 09:32, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Keep. Yasser Arafat is the key figure in recent Palestinian history. While no fan of the man, to eliminate his page would be to deny his existence. Surely we cannot do that.
 * It's silly to list this. Keep WhisperToMe 05:10, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * We need a rolleyes smiley. Keep of course. Shane King 05:13, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
 * Strange proposal... Of course, keep. Iorsh 09:09, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Idiotic VFD. Keep of course. And teach Chaz some Wikipedia policy. JFW | T@lk  17:41, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Weirdest VFD ever. It's a TALK page.  Don't read it if you don't like it.  Keep.  Terrapin 19:41, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Can anons even raise VfDs? Jayjg 19:42, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Andys 19:49, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Weird VFD should not have been considered.  Tempshill 23:49, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * By deleting this article you give into popular pressure. Controversial figures are part of the reality of the world.  If this is deleted then you must delete all people that are unpopular: Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Ed Gein, et cetera.  DO NOT DELETE THIS ARTICLE---PLEASE!!!
 * I'll say it again: this isn't for Yasser Arafat, it's for Talk:Yasser Arafat. Yasser Arafat is protected so there really isn't a point to the talk page, and it seems to be mostly back and forth between Alberuni and Jayjg anyway. I think it's pretty obvious who the instigator is in this case, and if it was up to me Alberuni would be banned. In lieu of that, I think all these drawn-out flame wars should just be erased. It isn't dialogue, it's just someone trying to get the last word. The fact that it's five or six times as long as the actual article should tell you something. -- Chaz