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- 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 was delete.
The topic is an Internet meme concerning nationalist stereotypes about Poland, an Eastern European country. As experienced editors will know, Wikipedia has a long history of disruptive conduct related to nationalist disputes in Eastern Europe; compare Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe. I therefore disregard all opinions by IP accounts or those with very few contributions and by editors who have block log entries for problematic conduct with respect to Eastern Europe, on the basis that this is the easiest way to filter out (a) opinions and walls-of-text based on nationalist prejudice and (b) some of the canvassing that in my experience takes place in this sort of dispute. I'm also discounting the WP:JUSTAVOTE by Doc9871, as well as the opinions by Night of the Big Wind and Pultusk, who do not address the policy-based reasons advanced for deletion (i.e. notability and sourcing).
After doing that, the headcount is: delete 16, keep 6. This means I need to decide whether any of the "keep" arguments are so strong, or any of the "delete" arguments so weak, that they prevent me from finding a consensus for deletion. That is not the case. The discussion is mostly about the number and quality of sources that could make the topic pass WP:N. The "keep" opinions argue that reliable sources about the topic exist, while the "delete" side argues that there is too little reliable or significant coverage, or that it is too transient. These are all valid arguments and it is not for me to judge who is right. On that basis, the numbers prevail and I find that there is consensus to delete the article. There is also another consideration, which is not decisive but supports this outcome: The contentious nature and difficult sourcing situation of this article, as seen in this discussion and the resulting WP:AE request, is likely to produce continued disputes and disruption if it is kept. Sandstein 21:31, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]