Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Pan-Turkists

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The result of the debate was Delete Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:52, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

List of Pan-Turkists[edit]

Is a list of names, with no explanation or context (even to say what a pan-Turkist is)Simon Cursitor 17:37, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete. No real content, just random names of people who don;t sppear to have artciles. -R. fiend 17:56, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete. No content, no context. Doesn't even bother to denote where one name ends and the next begins. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 18:12, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
Speedy delete. Agree with above users. Sarg 18:21, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
A Pan-Turkist is one who espouses Pan-Turkism, and the reason that the article didn't separate the names is probably that the original author was unfamiliar with wiki-markup. In the actual wikitext, there are line breaks between the names. (I've remedied that problem.) As a raw list of names without any explanation whatever, this is speedy deletion criterion A1 territory, though. There's no context to link this article to Pan-Turkism or explain what this list signifies, and no inclusion/exclusion criteria explaining what qualifies someone to be on this list. Given how short both it and Pan-Turkism are, there's scant justification for a stand-alone list, too. If these people are notable within the field of Pan-Turkism, why aren't any of them even mentioned in Pan-Turkism? It has plenty of room to spare for a list of six names. Uncle G 20:23, 2005 May 24 (UTC)
Delete. Jacob1207 23:42, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, no encyclopaedic content. Megan1967 06:26, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Merge without redirect at Pan-Turkism, in hope that someone might supply further information about these folks' rôles in the movement.-- Smerdis of Tlön 14:17, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- I would be against including these names in the Pan-Turkism article unless someone can dig up some information on them and explain why they belong there. I haven't checked yet, but is there evidence that these are even legit entries? -R. fiend 00:57, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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