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
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The result was keep. There is clearly no consensus to delete these articles. Further discussion about whether the articles should be kept in their present form, redirected or merged can continue in the appropriate forum(s).Mojo Hand(
talk)02:30, 23 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Series of articles of "LGBT history in..." by User:Lugnuts
Series of pseudo-stubs of "LGBT history in..." by
User:Lugnuts are entirely unnecessary and duplicates existing extensive articles, for example data from
LGBT history in Malta (1973) exist in main article of
LGBT rights in Malta. The same with the other articles. All of these are the same pseudo-stubs, differ only by date and duplicate information from the main articles. Were created by a single user within last 72 hours. Should be removed using a template {Speedy delete} but author reverted it. So, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. In my opinion the best option is Remove all or redirects (similarly as
did administrator DESiegel). Subtropical-man talk
(en-2)20:29, 13 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Comment - only issue is that those articles haven't been tagged for deletion. Regardless of how new they are, readers looking at those new articles would have no idea they are up for deletion. Suggest adding the relevant templates to each article.
Stalwart11122:31, 13 February 2014 (UTC)reply
See behavior of user:Lugnuts
[1], I suspect that if I insert templates to this articles, my edits will be reverted by author - user:Lugnuts. I do not have time to deal with such individuals. Subtropical-man talk
(en-2)15:09, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
WP:AGF aside, not informing the community of your nomination to delete an article may result in the AFD being speedy-closed as invalid. Best just to follow the basic instructions at
WP:AFD for group nominations.
Stalwart11115:24, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep all and closeNone of the articles are actually tagged for deletion. I've asked the nom to discuss the articles on the relevant talkpages, but has refused to do so. There may be some overlap, but these are different articles from the LGBT rights articles. A good example is how
LGBT rights in Finland is different from
LGBT history in Finland. These stubs have been created to populate the redlinks in the template {{Europe topic|LGBT history in}}, which already had half-a-dozen or so blue links before I started creating these articles. Finally, per
WP:BEFORE, 1.If the article can be fixed through normal editing, then it is not a candidate for AfD. All these article can be expanded to include a detailed timeline for the country it relates to. At worst redirect to the "rights" article as a possible redirect. LugnutsDick Laurent is dead09:47, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Comments around listing multiple topics at the same AfD
READWP:AFD, Subtropical - It clearly states "Nomination already implies that the nominator recommends deletion (unless indicated otherwise), and nominators should refrain from repeating this recommendation on a separate bulleted line." LugnutsDick Laurent is dead19:41, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
I read it but this is my comment!!!, you have no right to change it or remove. WP:AFD do not write anything about removing and changing posts by other users. AFD write only "should" - not "must". I have the right to write comments. Subtropical-man talk
(en-2)19:45, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Yes, I'm an inclusionist, this is my first request to AfD. Why? This is useless pseudo-stubs with only one sentence which duplicates the information from the main article. Absurd. Absurd. Absurd. Subtropical-man talk
(en-2)20:09, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Again, your support for your own deletion nomination is assumed. You seem to have plenty of time to duplicate your opinions here but still haven't taken time out to add deletion nomination templates to each article. I'm tempted to boldly
non-admin close this AFD as invalid if you can't/won't do so.
Stalwart11115:36, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Yes, I "support own deletion nomination" as well as author - user:Lugnuts support leave own articles :) If user:Lugnuts remove own vote, I also do it. And yes, articles are marked :) Subtropical-man talk
(en-2)15:49, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep. Most certainly educational and encyclopedic. Good deal of sustained secondary source coverage over time, in a preponderance of multiple reliable references. — Cirt (
talk)
02:34, 15 February 2014 (UTC)reply
The rights articles usually discuss history, so unless there's any obvious history content that doesn't belong to the rights articles - redirect. --
Joy [shallot] (
talk)
13:07, 15 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Playing devil's advocate here, if I expanded an article by adding another sentence, would that be enough? Where's the cut-off for saying "yes, redirect it" and "no, there's enough content". ;-) LugnutsDick Laurent is dead18:15, 15 February 2014 (UTC)reply
As a one-sentence or two-sentence paragraph, it doesn't merit its own article. When it gets longer (a length that is out of proportion to the rest of the article), it may be summarized in the main article and treated more precisely in its own article. See
WP:SPLIT. --
Eleassarmy talk21:37, 15 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Redirect for now - I compared
LGBT rights in Lithuania with
LGBT history in Lithuania. The first article actually has far more information on the LGBT history than the latter. I think the test here is that the LGBT history articles need to be more informative about LGBT history than the rights articles in order to stand on their own, otherwise, we're directing our readers away from a better source for the information they're looking for. Adam Cuerden(
talk)21:54, 15 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep all. if anything the LGBT rights in ____ articles should be merged into the LGBT history in ____ articles, as the contemporary LGBT history of every country is intertwined with its rights for LGBT people. However the rights of LGBT people is not the full history, by any stretch of the imagination. History would also include notable events and people that may only be indirectly connected to LGBT rights, and that is subject to who is doing the interpretation of events. In essence we are suggesting by removing the history of LGBT articles, that the only thing notable is the struggle for their human rights when that is only one reported on aspect. Which is a false POV.
Sportfan5000 (
talk)
03:01, 16 February 2014 (UTC)reply
I agree in principle, but if we're going down that route, we should probably copy over all the relevant history information from the rights articles. Expansion will, of course, be necessary after that, but, y'know, there is no deadline and all. I just don't quite like the idea of having more information on the subject in a different article. Adam Cuerden(
talk)00:32, 17 February 2014 (UTC)reply
@
Sportfan5000:, note that articles have been reported to the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion because currently this useless pseudo-stubs with only one sentence which duplicates the information from the main article, not because they are not encyclopedic. Subtropical-man talk
(en-2)18:46, 17 February 2014 (UTC)reply
The main concern is for future development. By deleting the parent article LGBT history in ____ we are suggesting that the only notable content is regarding the contemporary issues of LGBT rights. The modern movement for LGBT rights was sparked in 1969, but LGBT history traces back to the origins of civilizations, verified in most cultures. I think the LGBT rights in ____ articles should be summarized under a section for contemporary rights, and the parent article peppered with other logical sections for others to expand. From what I've read about Wikipedia, the majority of content is anonymously added. It follows that the structure of an article that needs expansion will encourage additions, rather than the absence of the parent article completely. Additionally each of those parent articles could have a section just for LGBT people of that country, which we already have in the categories. Likewise we have categories for LGBT culture, which would feed LGBT history, not necessarily LGBT rights. What we have is a set of articles thats subject areas need expansions on, not deletion, or merger. And the likeliest best way to do that is to have an existing structure for willing editors.
Sportfan5000 (
talk)
05:38, 18 February 2014 (UTC)reply
You're reading too much into the process of deletion of articles, let alone the compromise solution of redirecting them. A lot of topics have
potential, but that doesn't mean that gobs of sub-stubs are the best way to approach the issue. If someone is actually willing to do some work on writing these history articles, these sub-stubs provide hardly any actual structure. --
Joy [shallot] (
talk)
13:28, 18 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Part of the problem with WP is that only a small amount of editors actually create brand new articles. My own experience shows that once an article (no matter how small) actually exists, editors are willing to add to it, rather than starting from scratch. Is
this one-liner any less valid? LugnutsDick Laurent is dead13:39, 18 February 2014 (UTC)reply
I don't think I'm reading too much into this at all. We're looking at the likelihood of this content existing, and being added to, when there is no structure at all for it to exist, versus easily adding to it where a vacuum exists and they have a place to share information. This is at the very basis of collaboration, a structure that encourages participation. Is there a rule that says a stub has to have a set amount of information? Or only that it is indeed a notable subject? No one is seriously suggesting these articles are not on a notable subject, only that their humble starts are too humble.
Sportfan5000 (
talk)
21:15, 18 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep all - I was involved in the initial technicalities of this AFD and in a discussion with the nominator about that. But keeping an eye on it has motivated me to actually opine with regard to the articles in question.
Sportfan5000 is right - there is a significant difference between the subjects LGBT history in ____ and LGBT rights in ____. Not all history relates to the issue of rights (significant figures, events etc) and not all rights-related issues are significant enough to be considered part of that country's LGBT history. The two are significantly different and there's no reason we shouldn't have coverage of both. The suggestion from the nominator that the articles are, "useless pseudo-stubs with only one sentence which duplicates the information from the main article" (a claim which has been repeated several times) doesn't hold water. Even if that were true, it's not a reason for deletion - it's a
WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM sort of problem. There's nothing wrong with creating stubs provided you allow (nay, encourage) collegial contributions from the community to expand them. Length of an article is not a sound deletion rationale.
Stalwart11108:31, 18 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Merge I vote for merging all this articles into one. I dont really see the importance of having as it is today a bit over 200 articles, if we only count UN recognized nations. Add some more who are independent but not UN recognized. As it is today its way easier to read one good article where all this countrys are in. Its easier to read, compare the countrys and so on. If some countries are in need of more writing then just make a special page for that country.
Stepojevac (
talk)
00:20, 22 February 2014 (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
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
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 keep. There is clearly no consensus to delete these articles. Further discussion about whether the articles should be kept in their present form, redirected or merged can continue in the appropriate forum(s).Mojo Hand(
talk)02:30, 23 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Series of articles of "LGBT history in..." by User:Lugnuts
Series of pseudo-stubs of "LGBT history in..." by
User:Lugnuts are entirely unnecessary and duplicates existing extensive articles, for example data from
LGBT history in Malta (1973) exist in main article of
LGBT rights in Malta. The same with the other articles. All of these are the same pseudo-stubs, differ only by date and duplicate information from the main articles. Were created by a single user within last 72 hours. Should be removed using a template {Speedy delete} but author reverted it. So, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. In my opinion the best option is Remove all or redirects (similarly as
did administrator DESiegel). Subtropical-man talk
(en-2)20:29, 13 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Comment - only issue is that those articles haven't been tagged for deletion. Regardless of how new they are, readers looking at those new articles would have no idea they are up for deletion. Suggest adding the relevant templates to each article.
Stalwart11122:31, 13 February 2014 (UTC)reply
See behavior of user:Lugnuts
[1], I suspect that if I insert templates to this articles, my edits will be reverted by author - user:Lugnuts. I do not have time to deal with such individuals. Subtropical-man talk
(en-2)15:09, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
WP:AGF aside, not informing the community of your nomination to delete an article may result in the AFD being speedy-closed as invalid. Best just to follow the basic instructions at
WP:AFD for group nominations.
Stalwart11115:24, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep all and closeNone of the articles are actually tagged for deletion. I've asked the nom to discuss the articles on the relevant talkpages, but has refused to do so. There may be some overlap, but these are different articles from the LGBT rights articles. A good example is how
LGBT rights in Finland is different from
LGBT history in Finland. These stubs have been created to populate the redlinks in the template {{Europe topic|LGBT history in}}, which already had half-a-dozen or so blue links before I started creating these articles. Finally, per
WP:BEFORE, 1.If the article can be fixed through normal editing, then it is not a candidate for AfD. All these article can be expanded to include a detailed timeline for the country it relates to. At worst redirect to the "rights" article as a possible redirect. LugnutsDick Laurent is dead09:47, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Comments around listing multiple topics at the same AfD
READWP:AFD, Subtropical - It clearly states "Nomination already implies that the nominator recommends deletion (unless indicated otherwise), and nominators should refrain from repeating this recommendation on a separate bulleted line." LugnutsDick Laurent is dead19:41, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
I read it but this is my comment!!!, you have no right to change it or remove. WP:AFD do not write anything about removing and changing posts by other users. AFD write only "should" - not "must". I have the right to write comments. Subtropical-man talk
(en-2)19:45, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Yes, I'm an inclusionist, this is my first request to AfD. Why? This is useless pseudo-stubs with only one sentence which duplicates the information from the main article. Absurd. Absurd. Absurd. Subtropical-man talk
(en-2)20:09, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Again, your support for your own deletion nomination is assumed. You seem to have plenty of time to duplicate your opinions here but still haven't taken time out to add deletion nomination templates to each article. I'm tempted to boldly
non-admin close this AFD as invalid if you can't/won't do so.
Stalwart11115:36, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Yes, I "support own deletion nomination" as well as author - user:Lugnuts support leave own articles :) If user:Lugnuts remove own vote, I also do it. And yes, articles are marked :) Subtropical-man talk
(en-2)15:49, 14 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep. Most certainly educational and encyclopedic. Good deal of sustained secondary source coverage over time, in a preponderance of multiple reliable references. — Cirt (
talk)
02:34, 15 February 2014 (UTC)reply
The rights articles usually discuss history, so unless there's any obvious history content that doesn't belong to the rights articles - redirect. --
Joy [shallot] (
talk)
13:07, 15 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Playing devil's advocate here, if I expanded an article by adding another sentence, would that be enough? Where's the cut-off for saying "yes, redirect it" and "no, there's enough content". ;-) LugnutsDick Laurent is dead18:15, 15 February 2014 (UTC)reply
As a one-sentence or two-sentence paragraph, it doesn't merit its own article. When it gets longer (a length that is out of proportion to the rest of the article), it may be summarized in the main article and treated more precisely in its own article. See
WP:SPLIT. --
Eleassarmy talk21:37, 15 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Redirect for now - I compared
LGBT rights in Lithuania with
LGBT history in Lithuania. The first article actually has far more information on the LGBT history than the latter. I think the test here is that the LGBT history articles need to be more informative about LGBT history than the rights articles in order to stand on their own, otherwise, we're directing our readers away from a better source for the information they're looking for. Adam Cuerden(
talk)21:54, 15 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep all. if anything the LGBT rights in ____ articles should be merged into the LGBT history in ____ articles, as the contemporary LGBT history of every country is intertwined with its rights for LGBT people. However the rights of LGBT people is not the full history, by any stretch of the imagination. History would also include notable events and people that may only be indirectly connected to LGBT rights, and that is subject to who is doing the interpretation of events. In essence we are suggesting by removing the history of LGBT articles, that the only thing notable is the struggle for their human rights when that is only one reported on aspect. Which is a false POV.
Sportfan5000 (
talk)
03:01, 16 February 2014 (UTC)reply
I agree in principle, but if we're going down that route, we should probably copy over all the relevant history information from the rights articles. Expansion will, of course, be necessary after that, but, y'know, there is no deadline and all. I just don't quite like the idea of having more information on the subject in a different article. Adam Cuerden(
talk)00:32, 17 February 2014 (UTC)reply
@
Sportfan5000:, note that articles have been reported to the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion because currently this useless pseudo-stubs with only one sentence which duplicates the information from the main article, not because they are not encyclopedic. Subtropical-man talk
(en-2)18:46, 17 February 2014 (UTC)reply
The main concern is for future development. By deleting the parent article LGBT history in ____ we are suggesting that the only notable content is regarding the contemporary issues of LGBT rights. The modern movement for LGBT rights was sparked in 1969, but LGBT history traces back to the origins of civilizations, verified in most cultures. I think the LGBT rights in ____ articles should be summarized under a section for contemporary rights, and the parent article peppered with other logical sections for others to expand. From what I've read about Wikipedia, the majority of content is anonymously added. It follows that the structure of an article that needs expansion will encourage additions, rather than the absence of the parent article completely. Additionally each of those parent articles could have a section just for LGBT people of that country, which we already have in the categories. Likewise we have categories for LGBT culture, which would feed LGBT history, not necessarily LGBT rights. What we have is a set of articles thats subject areas need expansions on, not deletion, or merger. And the likeliest best way to do that is to have an existing structure for willing editors.
Sportfan5000 (
talk)
05:38, 18 February 2014 (UTC)reply
You're reading too much into the process of deletion of articles, let alone the compromise solution of redirecting them. A lot of topics have
potential, but that doesn't mean that gobs of sub-stubs are the best way to approach the issue. If someone is actually willing to do some work on writing these history articles, these sub-stubs provide hardly any actual structure. --
Joy [shallot] (
talk)
13:28, 18 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Part of the problem with WP is that only a small amount of editors actually create brand new articles. My own experience shows that once an article (no matter how small) actually exists, editors are willing to add to it, rather than starting from scratch. Is
this one-liner any less valid? LugnutsDick Laurent is dead13:39, 18 February 2014 (UTC)reply
I don't think I'm reading too much into this at all. We're looking at the likelihood of this content existing, and being added to, when there is no structure at all for it to exist, versus easily adding to it where a vacuum exists and they have a place to share information. This is at the very basis of collaboration, a structure that encourages participation. Is there a rule that says a stub has to have a set amount of information? Or only that it is indeed a notable subject? No one is seriously suggesting these articles are not on a notable subject, only that their humble starts are too humble.
Sportfan5000 (
talk)
21:15, 18 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep all - I was involved in the initial technicalities of this AFD and in a discussion with the nominator about that. But keeping an eye on it has motivated me to actually opine with regard to the articles in question.
Sportfan5000 is right - there is a significant difference between the subjects LGBT history in ____ and LGBT rights in ____. Not all history relates to the issue of rights (significant figures, events etc) and not all rights-related issues are significant enough to be considered part of that country's LGBT history. The two are significantly different and there's no reason we shouldn't have coverage of both. The suggestion from the nominator that the articles are, "useless pseudo-stubs with only one sentence which duplicates the information from the main article" (a claim which has been repeated several times) doesn't hold water. Even if that were true, it's not a reason for deletion - it's a
WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM sort of problem. There's nothing wrong with creating stubs provided you allow (nay, encourage) collegial contributions from the community to expand them. Length of an article is not a sound deletion rationale.
Stalwart11108:31, 18 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Merge I vote for merging all this articles into one. I dont really see the importance of having as it is today a bit over 200 articles, if we only count UN recognized nations. Add some more who are independent but not UN recognized. As it is today its way easier to read one good article where all this countrys are in. Its easier to read, compare the countrys and so on. If some countries are in need of more writing then just make a special page for that country.
Stepojevac (
talk)
00:20, 22 February 2014 (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
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.