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The article is a classic case of WP:FORK. All the content here can be conveniently placed in the Culture of the Ottoman Empire article. Besides that, much of its information doesn't appear to be even worth mentioning. The page looks like more of an image gallery than an encyclopedic article. "Lifestyle of the Ottoman Empire" is a very vague and indefinite title for an article, there are no equivalents of it in Misplaced Pages. More importantly, it hasn't been cited since 2009 and is poorly written with loads of WP:OR and poorly written statements such as "Turkish baths were unique" or "Socialization was a very important function in Turkish culture." I call for its deletion. Étienne Dolet (talk) 04:28, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
- Delete. The article is essentially "original research". It started out as a gallery of images proscribed by WP:NOTGALLERY, and it appears that text was added in an attempt to go around the proscription. It cannot be salvaged by adding sources because, in the form in which it is presented, without appropriate context, it doesn't make much sense or isn't true. The Ottoman Empire was huge, lasted several centuries, and combined many lifestyles. Most of its citizens had a rural lifestyle, while the text seems to be exclusively about the lifestyle of specifically the upper middle class in specifically Constantinople in the later periods of the Empire. The vague title is also not felicitous, to say the least: lifestyle of an Empire? --Lambiam 08:26, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
- Keep. This article is incomplete. It surely needs further development. But this does not call for deletion. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 21:01, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
- Keep We're talking about whole western muslim world and half of the Europe for 600 years. Their lifestyle is a must. That's a huge part and wide period of time. The article is incomplete. Deletion is an ill will. You should stop harming Turkish related articles.--Kafkasmurat (talk) 08:36, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Turkey-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:46, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:46, 16 February 2014 (UTC)