Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Archaeology of the Holocaust

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The result was keep‎.

(non-admin closure) asilvering (talk) 04:38, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply

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Archaeology of the Holocaust

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This is a personal essay written that largely summarizes Caroline Sturdy Colls' excavation of Treblinka. I'm quite surprised that it's lasted this long, but I hesitated in PRODing it because I thought something could be salvaged out of this once the literal essay ("I hope to present a deeper understanding of...") has been deleted. Kazamzam (talk) 03:29, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Archaeology-related deletion discussions. Kazamzam (talk) 03:29, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Poland-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 03:47, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or userfy. The topic may be notable, but summarizing a single academic article in this style is not the correct way to write encyclopedic article. Ping User:Buidhe for their 2c (and maybe they can rewrite and rescue this?). PS. I thought about voting merge to Treblinka extermination camp, but lack of footnotes hurts :( --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:59, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
General references aren't ideal, but since when did using them become a reason to discard sourced content? – Joe (talk) 12:35, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
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WP:APLRS. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:16, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
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Ah well, I did vote against it! – Joe (talk) 08:01, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Given the rewrite, the article seems fine. Switching to keep. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:16, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The article covers a topic that should be part of either Caroline Sturdy Colls or Treblinka extermination camp. The latter already has a already a section for archaeological studies, which clearly mentions these archeological surveys and findings, referenced by a BBC article authored by Sturdy Colls. I don't think there is a significant amount of information to be taken from this page which is not already included or has been considered by editors beforehand on either page. Shazback (talk) 04:20, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This is clearly a notable topic and it encompasses more than just Colls' work on the Treblinka camp.[1] Both the essay-like tone and reliance on a limited number of (perfectly good) sources are surmountable problems and
deletion is not cleanup. – Joe (talk) 12:34, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply
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Keep I'm with Joe Roe on this. Clearly a notable subject, a surfeit of sources is available eg [2][3][4] and more. Doug Weller talk 13:54, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Following comments by Joe Roe (talk · contribs) & Doug Weller (talk · contribs), and after reading through the sources they found, I have rewritten completely the page. If not relevant / suitable it can be reverted, but I think this is a better basis to improve the topic in the future than the version submitted for AfD. I am striking my !vote above for clarity. Shazback (talk) 06:41, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Shazback Much appreciated. Always great to see someone being so constructive. Doug Weller talk 07:45, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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.