Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zaza nationalism


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The result was keep. Spartaz Humbug! 23:22, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Zaza nationalism

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Fails GNG in that it is a controversial movement looking for recognition. See this journal article, and this one which is cited in the article. Atsme Talk 📧 20:04, 8 May 2020 (UTC) Added underlined source. 20:48, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note to closer - We already have Zazas and plenty of room at the article for expansion without the need for a separate article. Atsme Talk 📧 18:26, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. Atsme  Talk 📧 20:04, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Atsme  Talk 📧 20:04, 8 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep, whilst the article clearly needs a clean-up, this appears to be a legit article topic. See for example "Soon Zaza nationalism began to flourish in Turkey and Iran, with some Zazas calling for the creation of a separate Zaza state called either Zazaistan or Dersim. In 1991, Zaza nationalism was further boosted when the Turkish government...", "This Zaza 'nationalism' still largely a matter of exile politics..." , "The birth of modern Zaza nationalism in the diaspora began as a marginal phenomenon, but gradually it began to influence the debate among the Zazas inside Turkey and Iran. A minority supported calls for a separate Zazaistan, distinct from..." , "Most tribes there do not speak Kurdish proper but a related language called Zaza or KirmanAki; the author is a spokesman for a nascent Zaza nationalism)" , " To Zaza nationalists, finally, it threatens to mistakenly treat Zaza speakers as Kurds, rather than as a distinct people or nation." , "started claiming that the revolt had been of a Zaza nationalist character, while others called it a 'Zaza-Alevi rebellion'" , "Zaza Kurds (their homeland in eastern Turkey is now called "Zazastan"), however, felt their "otherness" and accused the Kurdish majority of ... Zaza nationalism is supported mainly by Alevi Zazas, while Sunni Zazas keep their reservations." , "Zaza nationalists , who in the 1980s claimed that the Zaza speakers were a distinct..." --Soman (talk) 20:28, 8 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge I'm puzzled by the mention of Iran in those references since there are no Zazas there. Nonetheless, the well-sourced information should be merged to Zazas. --Semsûrî (talk) 11:31, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I change my vote to support but the article needs a thorough cleaning. --Semsûrî (talk) 13:50, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

This page has a Turkish version and it should be in an English version. should not be deleted and more information is added over time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.57.129.17 (talk) 16:49, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Turkey-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  11:00, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

I don't think it should be deleted. Benahol (talk) 01:01, 15 May 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   12:59, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , sorry but the sources you provided actually confirm why the article should be deleted. Nationalism is defined by dictionaries and having Zaza precede it, doesn't make the combination notable for a stand alone encyclopedic article. The sources you cited fail to establish notability; rather it is simple terminology in passing mention. Atsme Talk 📧 23:19, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that's not how to read there references. The references indicate that there is such a movement and it has sufficient degree of notability to warrant a separate article, in part demonstrated through the fact that many scholars study it. The fact that the notion that Zazas constitute a separate national or ethnic group is contested by Kurdish nationalists doesn't disqualify the notability of the subject. We also have "Aynı şekilde günümüzde Zazalar (Dimli) Kürt kökenli olduklarına dair iddialara karşı çıkıyorlar. Özellikle 20. yüzyılın son on yılında ayrı bir Zaza milliyetçiliği daha göze çarpar hale geldi ve olası bir Zazaistan ulus-devletinin haritaları Kürdistan...", "and it coined the new name of Zazaistan for the ancient homeland of this nation.52 This journal appears to have had only a very small circle of readers initially, but precisely because it met with very angry Kurdish reactions, its thesis that the Zazas are a doubly oppressed people gained credibility, and gradually growing numbers of Zazas were won over to its views." , "semble pas concerner uniquement les Kurdes , car certaines organisations alevies , revendiquant la création d ' un État d ' Alevistan en Anatolie ainsi que des groupes prônant le nationalisme zaza et la création d ' un Zazaistan , en relèvent" , "Das neu erdachte Heimatland Zazaistan wird ebenfalls kaum eine starke Anziehungskraft ausüben, abgesehen von einigen romantischen Intellektuellen im Exil, aber das kulturelle Wiederaufleben der Zaza und ein gewisser Ärger über die..." , "Bei ihnen verschmolz eine seit jeher stark ausgeprägte regionale Sonderidentität nun zu einer über die Sprache definierten ethnischen Identität mit der Forderung nach Autonomie für ihr Verbreitungsgebiet „Zazastan" bzw. „Alevistan"". --Soman (talk) 23:55, 16 May 2020 (UTC)


 * See WP:SYNTH and WP:FRINGE. I would not object to merging the relevant parts that are worth keeping into Zazas. Atsme  Talk 📧 13:21, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
 * In what sense does WP:SYNTH apply here? And out of the 13 references presented here, which are WP:FRINGE sources? --Soman (talk) 16:18, 17 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep. Obviously appropriate expansion of the relevant portion of the Zazas article. It had nothing whatsoever to do with SYNTH, as it is  clearly based on sources. FRINGE is altogether irrelevant to political movements of this sort, unless it is intended as a claim that only a few people are doing it and therefore it isn't important. first,t he sources seem to show otherwise, and second, if it gets sufficientc overage, then even a small political movement is important.  DGG ( talk ) 23:29, 18 May 2020 (UTC)


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