Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Palestinianism

Opinions of non EC editors

 * Merge this page into Palestinian nationalism, or Palestinian nationalism into this. Of course the Palestinian nationalism deserves an article, but not two. HilbertSpaceExplorer (talk) 13:00, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
 * The less wiki space covering Palestinians, the better? Nishidani (talk) 13:14, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
 * That's not what I meant. I am sorry- I believe my claim was misunderstood. Palestinian nationalism should definitely get an article, as long and detailed as possible, just like the German nationalism for example.
 * However, Palestinianism and Palestinian nationalism aren't different, and therefore should be merged to one article, describing everything about the Palestinian nationalism.
 * HilbertSpaceExplorer (talk) 23:40, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedily deleted because...

Reason #1:

There are already cases in which the talk pages of AFD discussions are used as a platform for new editors to express their opinions. for example here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion/Genocide_against_Palestinians

Reason #2:

The AFD talk page is the best platform for new users to learn how to structure a claim according to Wikipedia guidelines. Of course, one can say "just learn by reading", however, learning by reading only, is less effective than actually phrasing the arguments, and phrasing without the option of publishing will decrease the motivation to actually enter the AFD and learn.

Eventually, letting new users to use the talk page as a "sandbox" for the actual discussion, can decrease the number of editors gaining the EC status and only then beginning their learning process of the Wikipedia guidelines for AFD discussions, while making mistakes in the real AFD, violating the rules, and so on, creating more work for the admins and for the experienced editors.

Reason #3:

Those talk pages are also a good platform to practice WP:AGF and generally handling disagreements with mutual respect, before actually taking part in the real AFD discussions.

Conclusion:

The commenting on AFD talk pages, is actually a solution for an existing problem- a problem that costs the time of admins and of experienced editors. Consider allowing those talk page discussions- it costs just a few bytes, and it saves time for admins, and helps new editors to learn. --HilbertSpaceExplorer (talk) 23:33, 19 November 2023 (UTC)