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:::I disagree, Gaijin--I think there's plenty of content here, and different enough from content about laws. We're having enough trouble already keeping politics and attitudes out of the more legal and historical articles, so let's not throw this into the mix. Sure, the two are related, but so are popes and saints. Or popes and Renaults. If SCOTUS saw the light and reinterpreted the 2nd amendment tomorrow (to read it the way the Founding Fathers intended! haha) we'd still have a gun culture(s) in the US, probably even more of one. ] (]) 00:18, 1 February 2014 (UTC) :::I disagree, Gaijin--I think there's plenty of content here, and different enough from content about laws. We're having enough trouble already keeping politics and attitudes out of the more legal and historical articles, so let's not throw this into the mix. Sure, the two are related, but so are popes and saints. Or popes and Renaults. If SCOTUS saw the light and reinterpreted the 2nd amendment tomorrow (to read it the way the Founding Fathers intended! haha) we'd still have a gun culture(s) in the US, probably even more of one. ] (]) 00:18, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
::::{{u|Drmies}} How are popes related to French cars? (Or is there some obscure Catholic term Renault that we don't have mentioned? (Is the popemobile a Renault or something?) I see the relationship as a feedback loop. The dominant culture controls the growth, constraint, or reduction of gun laws/habits. That in turn affects the next generation of culture. With of course the standard pendulum swing common to many cultural cycles. Occasionally there are major disruptive forces in the cycle that can change things drastically in a short time (wars, mass shootings, terrorism, revolutions) but the two are very closely linked. Certainly in the case of the US I think it would be futile to talk about the politics without the culture, and visa versa, and in other countries where the law has brought ownership down to negligible levels there is not much culture to talk about. (Although your comment on the other split/merge discussion I thought was insightful, if there was enough sourced content to give detail to each sub-culture, I could see that breakout being valuable, but right now the "US gun culture" is pretty much just talking about the NRA etc. ] (]) 01:04, 1 February 2014 (UTC) ::::{{u|Drmies}} How are popes related to French cars? (Or is there some obscure Catholic term Renault that we don't have mentioned? (Is the popemobile a Renault or something?) I see the relationship as a feedback loop. The dominant culture controls the growth, constraint, or reduction of gun laws/habits. That in turn affects the next generation of culture. With of course the standard pendulum swing common to many cultural cycles. Occasionally there are major disruptive forces in the cycle that can change things drastically in a short time (wars, mass shootings, terrorism, revolutions) but the two are very closely linked. Certainly in the case of the US I think it would be futile to talk about the politics without the culture, and visa versa, and in other countries where the law has brought ownership down to negligible levels there is not much culture to talk about. (Although your comment on the other split/merge discussion I thought was insightful, if there was enough sourced content to give detail to each sub-culture, I could see that breakout being valuable, but right now the "US gun culture" is pretty much just talking about the NRA etc. ] (]) 01:04, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
:::::As you have seen I don't yet believe in the viability of the US gun culture article and have argued for it to be merged. That's not so for this article, which is viable and full of content. As for the pope, certainly you read . ] (]) 21:05, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
*'''{{big|KEEP}}''' per ], ] and ], (or if all else fails, '''Move''' per ]). The nomination appears to be defective. (Did the ] read and comply with the relevant parts of ]?) No consensus developed for the proposed merge mentioned. The claim that the article was "edited exclusively by it's creator" is false, the nominator was the 5th editor to make changes. () One of the objections to ] was its lack of global coverage (]), which this new article can provide. The article is not a POV fork because instead of a USA-only POV, it can provide multi-national viewpoints. Culture goes beyond laws and politics. {{xt|"Notability is a property of a ''subject'' and not of a Misplaced Pages article."}} is and has been a notable subject for decades. ...] (]) 23:45, 31 January 2014 (UTC) *'''{{big|KEEP}}''' per ], ] and ], (or if all else fails, '''Move''' per ]). The nomination appears to be defective. (Did the ] read and comply with the relevant parts of ]?) No consensus developed for the proposed merge mentioned. The claim that the article was "edited exclusively by it's creator" is false, the nominator was the 5th editor to make changes. () One of the objections to ] was its lack of global coverage (]), which this new article can provide. The article is not a POV fork because instead of a USA-only POV, it can provide multi-national viewpoints. Culture goes beyond laws and politics. {{xt|"Notability is a property of a ''subject'' and not of a Misplaced Pages article."}} is and has been a notable subject for decades. ...] (]) 23:45, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
*'''Comment''' Are the article ] and other editors aware that they may <ins>continue to improve</ins> the article while in AfD? Since this article contains some content ] from ], the "principal editors" of that page should have been notified about this AfD (and the merge discussion). In particular, ] exclusively edited in the section that was transferred to this article, ] added the Synthesis tag to that section (among other edits), and briefly, ], ], ], ] and ] made significant contributions to that article. (Filter: 3+ edits, still active.) ...] (]) 23:45, 31 January 2014 (UTC) *'''Comment''' Are the article ] and other editors aware that they may <ins>continue to improve</ins> the article while in AfD? Since this article contains some content ] from ], the "principal editors" of that page should have been notified about this AfD (and the merge discussion). In particular, ] exclusively edited in the section that was transferred to this article, ] added the Synthesis tag to that section (among other edits), and briefly, ], ], ], ] and ] made significant contributions to that article. (Filter: 3+ edits, still active.) ...] (]) 23:45, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
**I think we are all well aware that we can edit it, thank you. It's nice though not mandatory to notify editors, and I appreciate you doing it. I agree with your reasoning about the POV fork--if anything, this is a proper content fork. ] (]) 00:07, 1 February 2014 (UTC) **I think we are all well aware that we can edit it, thank you. It's nice though not mandatory to notify editors, and I appreciate you doing it. I agree with your reasoning about the POV fork--if anything, this is a proper content fork. ] (]) 00:07, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
***Unless I missed something (I'm Human) I don't think anyone is calling it a POV fork. Definitely a content fork however, actually the article creates multiple forks. --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#ff55ff 0em 0em 0.8em,#55ffff -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#ffff55 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;color:#ffffff">] <span style="font-size: 16px;">]]</span></span> 19:21, 1 February 2014 (UTC) ***Unless I missed something (I'm Human) I don't think anyone is calling it a POV fork. Definitely a content fork however, actually the article creates multiple forks. --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#ff55ff 0em 0em 0.8em,#55ffff -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#ffff55 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;color:#ffffff">] <span style="font-size: 16px;">]]</span></span> 19:21, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
****At least three editors have called it a POV fork. I say it's a valid content fork, if it's to be called a fork at all. ] (]) 21:05, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' - And improve this article as it is obviously a notable topic. ] (]) 01:14, 1 February 2014 (UTC) *'''Keep''' - And improve this article as it is obviously a notable topic. ] (]) 01:14, 1 February 2014 (UTC)



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As seen HERE. This article was hastily created to take control of content that will be merged into the Gun politics in the United States from the Gun cultures in the USA article. Virtually all of the remaining content was cut and pasted from other areas of Misplaced Pages. The article is also edited exclusively by it's creator. This is basically a form of WP:PUSH behavior that not only creates MULTIPLE REDUNDANT CONTENT FORKS, but an article that fails notability requirements as well, since the content is already going to be merged into a larger article, and if not merged, remain where it is. (No new article is needed) Sue Rangell 21:54, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Wow, that little "Find sources" tool above is great. I wonder of anyone in the WP firearms editor community has a copy of this? Open Fire. Understanding Global Gun Cultures Lightbreather (talk) 01:21, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
This editor follows me around and shouts "SPA" about me at everyone. Here is the latest discussion about this. Lightbreather (talk) 03:19, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Lightbreather, please sign your posts. --Sue Rangell 01:19, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Quit it, Sue, I will block you if you continue.--v/r - TP 03:21, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
User is nom - appears to have voted twice. Hipocrite (talk) 03:20, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
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weak delete per TFD. The gun culture of each country can be dealt with in each country's article, and if overview information is needed, that can go into the overview article. No reason to cover the same ground many places. Gaijin42 (talk) 15:30, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
Drmies While you are correct that culture is different than laws, with the minimal amount of content here,even if it is slightly off-topic, I see no reason why that could not be included on the article about laws (since the two are often tightly interrelated) Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation. (With obviously Gun Politics in XXXX having the info for each individual country as well. Gaijin42 (talk) 23:39, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
I disagree, Gaijin--I think there's plenty of content here, and different enough from content about laws. We're having enough trouble already keeping politics and attitudes out of the more legal and historical articles, so let's not throw this into the mix. Sure, the two are related, but so are popes and saints. Or popes and Renaults. If SCOTUS saw the light and reinterpreted the 2nd amendment tomorrow (to read it the way the Founding Fathers intended! haha) we'd still have a gun culture(s) in the US, probably even more of one. Drmies (talk) 00:18, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Drmies How are popes related to French cars? (Or is there some obscure Catholic term Renault that we don't have mentioned? (Is the popemobile a Renault or something?) I see the relationship as a feedback loop. The dominant culture controls the growth, constraint, or reduction of gun laws/habits. That in turn affects the next generation of culture. With of course the standard pendulum swing common to many cultural cycles. Occasionally there are major disruptive forces in the cycle that can change things drastically in a short time (wars, mass shootings, terrorism, revolutions) but the two are very closely linked. Certainly in the case of the US I think it would be futile to talk about the politics without the culture, and visa versa, and in other countries where the law has brought ownership down to negligible levels there is not much culture to talk about. (Although your comment on the other split/merge discussion I thought was insightful, if there was enough sourced content to give detail to each sub-culture, I could see that breakout being valuable, but right now the "US gun culture" is pretty much just talking about the NRA etc. Gaijin42 (talk) 01:04, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
As you have seen I don't yet believe in the viability of the US gun culture article and have argued for it to be merged. That's not so for this article, which is viable and full of content. As for the pope, certainly you read this. Drmies (talk) 21:05, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
  • Note - If all of the duplicate material were removed, there would be no article to speak of. Whatever remained would rightfully be merged into the main articles anyway. The entire article is just a series of content forks. --Sue Rangell 19:44, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
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