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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Batmanand (talk | contribs) at 09:25, 13 September 2006 (done). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

deletion

someone has marked this for deletion. Even though only Ribbe has published on this topic, I don't think it should be dismissed out of hand because Ribbe is not only a historian-author, he's well respected enough to have been appointed to a human rights position within the french government by the prime minister. In other words, this is notable, it's not some obscure historian in some forgotten musty office that produced this information.

As far as the original research justification for deletion goes, that's silly since Ribbe is the researcher, not any of the wikipedia authors. So, while I don't object to deletion in general, I'll remove the delete tag for now since it's justified as being original research when it clearly isn't.

Qwasty 02:34, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I essentially agree; the topic/controversy is clearly notable and it would violate NPOV if we pushed it out of Wikipedia. However, the title of the article itself is conclusatory IMHO, and very original I think. In google, the phrase "Napoleon's Holocaust" comes up exclusively with Wiki-related content. I think this article ought to be moved to The Crime of Napoleon. The book and its claims clearly meet the Wikipedia notabality threshold, we need an article on the book, and unless/until the topic advances into a more general discussion and a term for the topic becomes established either popularly or in the academic community, it's probably premature for Wikipedia to have an article on the topic in addition to an article on the book and related controversy. A minor rewrite would be required if the article is moved. Studerby 07:20, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
As the one who PRODed the article, I am going to move it and make a number of changes to avoid it being deleted. Batmanand | Talk 09:34, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Rewrite looks good. Studerby 15:20, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes this definitely deserves to be on Wikipedia. It was a fairly big deal in France, with the bicentenial for Austerlitz in 2005 and all.UberCryxic 20:03, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have added that detail into the article. Batmanand | Talk 09:25, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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