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 principal argument for deletion is that this concept, either as "Anti-Pakistani sentiment" or as "Pakistanphobia", is not the subject of sufficient reliable sources. A random sampling of the article's references confirms this. The "keep" opinions do not address this WP:NEO/WP:SYNTH issue. Sandstein (talk) 09:53, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistanphobia[edit]

Pakistanphobia (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Previous nomination: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anti-Pakistani sentiment

Wikipedia is getting flooded with 'anti-foo-ism' or 'foo-phobia' articles. Generally, these are concepts constructed within wikipedia, disparate incidents and vague understandings of chauvinistic feelings are grouped together for political purpose. Just cause there is a antisemitism article doesn't mean that every ethnic/religious/national group should have its own 'anti-' article. There absolutely no reation between chauvinism in India and discrimination against Pakistani migrants in the US. Soman (talk) 19:50, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - I agree with the nominator that just because there's an "anti-" something article, it doesn't mean that "anti-"everything else articles have to be created as well. If there are verifiable sources to support the article, then fine. The sources cited in the article do not support the anti-Pakistani sentiment but rather facts such as the creation of Pakistan and UN resolutions. --Kimon^talk
• Delete per nom. Doc Strange (talk) 21:28, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - 2 google news hits [1].Bakaman 21:48, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete That's a lot of work for a simple WP:NEO that appears only once or twice in the whole big wide world. Is it possible that this is some sort of WP:COAT article? Does it matter? I have keepophobia about it. Ψν^Psi_nu 23:55, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. Pavel Vozenilek (talk) 17:17, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong keep. I conceded this article needs to be improved. But it is clearly notable. There are currently 28 sources that make reference to the term.Bless sins (talk) 04:57, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletions. Bless sins (talk) 05:01, 30 December 2007 (UTC) [reply]
• Comment: there is Indophobia with 25 references, which is less than the 28 references for this article.Bless sins (talk) 05:11, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: My logic would apply for that article too. I'll post an afd there as well. --Soman (talk) 16:44, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment: have a say at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Indophobia. --Soman (talk) 16:56, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • Comment: I am not sure about Pakistanophobia, since I don;t have too much knowledge on this topic. However, the term Indophobia was coined by American Indologist Thomas Trautmann [2][3]. Google books shows 77 hits [4]. term is used by academics such as here [5] and here [6]. This is definitely a long-used term in academia. There are many parts of the article that are OR, but the term itself is notable in the context of scholarly discourse, and a cleanup is required, that is all.Ghanadar galpa (talk) 19:40, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Per nom. I didn't go through all of the 28 references, but out of the ones that I did, none of them used this "Pakistanphobia" (or Pakistanophobia) neologism. Gizza^{Discuss ©} 06:12, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. This article was originally located at Anti-Pakistani sentiment. If kept, it should be moved back to that title, as "Pakistanphobia" is a neologism. – Black Falcon ^(Talk) 07:07, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and move back to original, neutral and descriptive title. The fact that wikipedia is "flooded" with something means that this something exists. "chauvinism in India and discrimination against Pakistani migrants in the US" has one very important thing in common: the target of discrimination: Pakistani `'Míkka>t 17:43, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as Anti-Pakistani sentiment, which it is now called, this is no different from Anti-Americanism. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:47, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per List of anti-ethnic and anti-national terms. Should be moved back to anti-Pakistani sentiment.Noor Aalam (talk) 19:49, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - delete per nom.--D-Boy (talk) 05:38, 2 January 2008 (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.