Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Denial of the 7 October attacks

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 no consensus‎. Numerically, we obviously have no consensus.

In terms of arguments, the two sides are mostly talking past each other. The "keep" side insists that the topic is notable, and the "delete" side insists that the content is original research by synthesis and/or a POV fork. The problem is that all of this can be true at the same time.

That being the case, the "delete" arguments are prima facie stronger, because content that is OR or non-neutral violates core policies and therefore still merits deletion even if it is about a notable topic. However, in my view, the "delete" side have not convincingly demonstrated their case that the article's content is so problematic that deletion is the only reasonable option. With a few exceptions (e.g., Aquillion), they only assert that the content is policy-noncompliant, without making an actual argument (based on the article's contents and its sources) to show why it is policy-noncompliant.

Given the numerical split, arguments based mostly on mere assertions are, in my view, too tenuous a basis on which to find a rough consensus to delete. Sandstein 18:45, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]