Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 June 17

17 June 2007

User:Willy turner/Userboxes/Islamic misogeny

User:Willy turner/Userboxes/Islamic misogeny (edit | [[Talk:User:Willy turner/Userboxes/Islamic misogeny|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (restore|cache|AfD)

More people wanted it kept than deleted. The deletion discussion lasted only one day. I the creator wasnt informed of the deletion discussion. It has not been established that the userbox is against any wikipedia policy,guideline, or rule. Reasons given for deletion were based on subjective, incorrect inferences of what the userbox meant. The userbox does not imply that all muslims are misogenists, or that islam is inherently misogenistic. The intended meaning of the userbox is that the user is oposed to misogeny or lack of equal rights and human rights for women that is justified by islamic scripture Willy turner 00:49, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

No-one has explained why they think it is inflammitory, apart from saying "Suggests misogyny to be Islamic and Islam to be misogynist". I believe above i have shown there is at least reasonable doubt to the truth of this statement. The admins statement that "Anything that might be considered offensive by a member of a religious group has no place on Wikipedia", is definately incorrect, as there is a substantial amount of material on wikipedia that might be considered offensive by a member of a religious group. Willy turner 01:16, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Algiers Coffee House

Algiers Coffee House (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (restore|cache|AfD)

AfD was improperly closed as "delete" by the admin when the !votes clearly point to no consensus, i.e. keep. Puppy Mill 00:50, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

• Endorse deletion as closing admin. The article was completely unsourced thereby failing WP:V and lacked any secondary sources to attest to notability. AfD is not a vote. TerriersFan 01:55, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
• Endorse. Even if AfD was a vote, there was only one keep, and that was from the article's creator. Also, the initiator of this DRV seems to have some sort of personal issue with the closing admin. See [1] [2] [3] and [4]. (This is after a 6 month absence.) --Butseriouslyfolks 02:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

• • AfD *is* a vote and no ridiculous rationalization is going to make it otherwise. Also, lack of WP:V is not a valid reason to delete the article. It *is* a valid reason to add an "unreferenced", "sources", or "fact" tag to the article, but not delete it. Puppy Mill 02:24, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Beniamino Borciani

Beniamino Borciani (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (restore|cache|AfD)

Improperly closed as "delete" by the admin. The !votes were 2 to 1 in favor of keeping, and furthermore the closing admin in his/her closing comments stated that the decision to delete was based solely on nobody getting around to adding sources, which is not in itself a reason to delete given that numerous sources were noted in the !votes. Overturn and keep Puppy Mill 01:35, 17 June 2007 (UTC)