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Keep The article as written isn't very good and has some excessively close paraphrasing from one of the sources. However, a brief search shows several more academic sources that could be used to re-write this article. This is basically Zambia's equivalent to Brazil's
Favelas, and there is a unique history behind these neighborhoods and how they formed. There is definitely potential here. Maybe I'll get around to working on it in the next few days, but even if I don't, the article being poorly written is
not a valid deletion rational. Meanwhile, here are some sources that can/should be used to improve it.[1][2][3][4][5]
Delete Keepor Redirect to
Slum#Etymology and nomenclature and add to the list of words meaning 'Slum' because of NOTADICTIONARY. The ability to find sources that use the Zambian word for Slum seems a poor reason for a separate article. Although there are articles about the slums of various places. Usually the slums of individual cities.
Gab4gab (
talk)
19:55, 31 December 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment I have entirely rewritten the article using the sources I mentioned above (except one that wasn't relevant and the journal article that I am working on getting access to) and a few other sources. It is no longer a dicdef. I would encourage
Gab4gab and
Shawn in Montreal to take a look at the revised article and reconsider their delete !votes in light of the revisions. ~ ONUnicorn(
Talk|
Contribs)problem solving22:04, 4 January 2017 (UTC)reply
Comment I'm ready to change my vote to keep given the re-write. I'd prefer a English language title such as 'Zambian slums', but that's just me.
Gab4gab (
talk)
04:27, 5 January 2017 (UTC)reply
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
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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.
Keep The article as written isn't very good and has some excessively close paraphrasing from one of the sources. However, a brief search shows several more academic sources that could be used to re-write this article. This is basically Zambia's equivalent to Brazil's
Favelas, and there is a unique history behind these neighborhoods and how they formed. There is definitely potential here. Maybe I'll get around to working on it in the next few days, but even if I don't, the article being poorly written is
not a valid deletion rational. Meanwhile, here are some sources that can/should be used to improve it.[1][2][3][4][5]
Delete Keepor Redirect to
Slum#Etymology and nomenclature and add to the list of words meaning 'Slum' because of NOTADICTIONARY. The ability to find sources that use the Zambian word for Slum seems a poor reason for a separate article. Although there are articles about the slums of various places. Usually the slums of individual cities.
Gab4gab (
talk)
19:55, 31 December 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment I have entirely rewritten the article using the sources I mentioned above (except one that wasn't relevant and the journal article that I am working on getting access to) and a few other sources. It is no longer a dicdef. I would encourage
Gab4gab and
Shawn in Montreal to take a look at the revised article and reconsider their delete !votes in light of the revisions. ~ ONUnicorn(
Talk|
Contribs)problem solving22:04, 4 January 2017 (UTC)reply
Comment I'm ready to change my vote to keep given the re-write. I'd prefer a English language title such as 'Zambian slums', but that's just me.
Gab4gab (
talk)
04:27, 5 January 2017 (UTC)reply
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
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