User:GabrielF/ConspiracyNoticeboard

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1 Introduction, purpose and inclusion criteria
2 Current XfDs:
3 Misc. Discussions of interest
4 Closed discussions

[edit] Introduction, purpose and inclusion criteria

This page is a noticeboard for editors interested in conspiracy-related AfDs. It began life as a tool to help users easily track the flood of 9/11 conspiracy theory AfDs that started around the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. These AfDs primarily targetted articles on subjects with little or no notability, which violated WP:NPOV, WP:OR and WP:V and which were created (in my opinion) for the purpose of promoting people, ideas, and books rather than for furthering wikipedia's mission. A great many wikipedians agreed with this assessment and as a result approx. 44 articles were deleted and approx. 8 AfDs did not reach a consensus. Because there is significant interest in tracking AfDs related to other conspiracy theories, I have broadened the page and renamed it GabrielF/ConspiracyNoticeboard. Below I am formally defining the scope of the page based on its past usage and discussion at talk.

What can be included:

Articles, templates or miscellaneous pages dealing with conspiracy theories and their proponents, provided that the nominator feels that these pages either

Are Non-notable
Are Wikipedia:Vanispamcruftisements
Violate WP:NPOV, WP:NOR or WP:V
Are so inherently flawed that they cannot be brought up to wikipedia standards

What cannot be included:

Nominations based purely on the editors dislike of the subject of the article and not on policy
Articles unrelated to conspiracy theories

Finally, just because an AfD is listed here doesn't mean that I support it.

Note to editors - discuss this on the talk page, not here. When you add or comment on an XfD, please sign your comments. Thanks. GabrielF 02:30, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Current XfDs:

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Evolution of Intelligence - non-notable academic book by prominent conspiracy theorist James Fetzer - my guess is that it was created to lend academic legitimacy to Fetzer. I'll give you three guesses as to who created the article. GabrielF 21:18, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murder in Dealey Plaza another non-notable conspiracy theory book by Fetzer GabrielF 21:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Great Zapruder Film Hoax - same as above GabrielF 21:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Assassination - same as above except substitute Paul Wellstone for JFK GabrielF 21:59, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Foreign interference with elections in democratic countries - another from the Gladio files. Torturous Devastating Cudgel 22:44, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Misc. Discussions of interest

Wikipedia talk:Single purpose account#SPA mention Not an AfD per se, but a discussion in which an inclusionist editor is attempting to get enough consensus to ban {{spa}} tags. This, of course, would be a disaster for anyone interested in nominating for AfD any article at all on any subject, since it would in essence make it against the guidelines to even bring up bad faith and obvious trolling, no matter how blatant. (See also the discussion in the section just above "SPA mention" on that page; it's roughly the same attempt by the same editor only a few days earlier. --Aaron 03:57, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Operation Gladio Most pages that get talked about here are candidates for AFD, this page probably is not. There is probably enough reader/user interest in Operation Gladio to justify keeping it within WP in a verifiable form. However, in its currently it fails WP:RS, WP:V, WP:OR, and just about every other WP:anything that exists. It incorporates most every European conspiracy theory that anyone has ever heard of; including some that you probably have not. It really needs a point by point review to bring it up to guidelines, especially WP:RS and WP:V. If anyone has the time or inclination…please feel free. Brimba 07:18, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Plame affair conspiracy theories This mish-mash of good content combined with OR and Conspiracy Theory culled from a mix of RS sources juxtaposed with CT from the far-right and far-left is worth a look as it violates WP:RS, WP:V, WP:OR. Maybe the first article ever in Wiki namespace to combine CT from World Net Daily AND Michael Ruppert! All it needs is David Icke for a trifecta! As with the article listed above, not a candidate for deletion, but really needs a point by point review to bring it up to guidelines, especially WP:RS and WP:V. - F.A.A.F.A. 07:49, 15 November 2006 (UTC)