Wiki143:Articles for deletion/Anti-Canadianism

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 of the debate was KEEP. -Splash^talk 22:40, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Anti-Canadianism

I felt this page needed to come to AfD to see if people feel it belongs. At present, it's a cut and paste of the lead from Anti-Americanism. There's little context provided. I'm actually a no vote as it isn't entirely unwarranted (anti-Canadian commentary/ideas certainly do exist in the U.S.) I'm just not sure if this requires an article. Marskell 12:34, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

merge to Canada I agree with Marksell, this doesn't really require its own page, why not refine it and insert in the Canada article.Nmpenguin 12:53, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

• Merge to Canada. Not really needed here as an individual article. --Terence Ong 13:46, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand We have an Anti-Australian sentiment article. The Canadian article could be modelled after that. I'm not claiming to be an expert on the subject, but some sources of people hating Canadians must be around somewhere. I understand the Americans to enjoy having a go at their northern neighbours (though usually all in good fun), and that the Canadians took a particularly brutal beating at the hands of the Waffen-SS in the second world war. Being western they must have some enemies in the east. I'm sure this article can be fleshed out to a considerable size. Bobby1011 14:23, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete There's no content to merge — it basically says "Anti-Canadianism is hostility towards Canada". Well duhhh. StephenHildrey 15:20, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand per Bobby1011. --Aaron 16:10, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Canada. Not really needed as an individual article. --Hetar 18:20, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. I think there's precedent, plus there is definitely enough anti-Canadianism down there to warrant an article. 23skidoo 21:37, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Generic cookie, just change the country name and you have another article. Pavel Vozenilek 22:46, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete There's nothing to see here --Srasku 23:22, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. You shouldn't bring articles to AfD if you're not voting to delete them yourself. Use WP:RFC to solicit opinions. squell 01:43, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
  • AfD is discussion, not vote, remember? I'm soliciting opinions on whether this article belongs and this is a fine place for it. Marskell 09:35, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: AfD frequently improves articles. There's nothing wrong with bringing articles to AfD for community input. — Adrian~enwiki (talk) 06:38, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, AfD can improve articles. But by its nature, AfD will attract a relatively higher number of people who are enthusiastic about deleting articles. No precedents or criteria for article inclusion are established here either. At best, you get a bunch of people telling you to "Expand" the article. squell 16:01, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per Srasku. The article isn't even verified. Ardenn 16:52, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, expand, and verify. I don't think it will be too hard to find sources.Bjones 16:54, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and Expand because as we have seen with Denmark lately, it isn't only large countries which are hated. Can also add content about the burning of Canadian goods in Brazil during trade disputes with that country (over aircraft and beef) and perhaps something about self-hating Canadians or anti-Federalist movements (f.e. Quebec and Western seperatists). Kevlar67 11:21, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless verified. Appears to be original research. Stifle 00:10, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
• I don't really see how the present content is useful. The topic - by a different title, for starters - is potentially a keeper. If we have extensive articles on (more or less) purely satiric expressions of Canada-skepticism: Soviet Canuckistan, a few acres of snow, Blame Canada, Canadian Bacon, The Canadian Conspiracy... you get the idea, there could be something on the serious side. Samaritan 02:22, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
  • If this is kept, "Soviet Canuckistan" and "a few acres of snow" might both be AfD'ed with merge as the idea. Marskell 12:29, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

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.