Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anti-nationalism

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 20:05, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Anti-nationalism

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It is unclear that there are any reliable sources that discuss "anti-nationalism" as a general phenomenon beyond particular contexts. Therefore it is far from clear that the term "anti-nationalism" or "anti-nationalist" is being used to designate the same phenomenon -- or even a closely related set of phenomena - when it is being applied. Such ambiguity would be quite acceptable if there were reliable sources that discussed the nature of the construct, and the degree to which generalizations about it can be made. But when no such reliable sources exist, the mere existence of the article seems to be a standing invitation to engage in WP:SYNTH. The lack of RS's about the nature of the construct also renders the list of notable people who are all supposedly anti-nationalist virtually meaningless, except that each may have said something critical about nationalism in some sort of context, however circumscribed or minor, that once upon a time made someone describe them as "anti-nationalist". Pretending that Wikipedia can meaningfully put these people into a single category -- when we appear to lack the needed reliable sources -- would seem to be a standing invitation to engage in WP:SYNTH, if not an actual example of WP:SYNTH. Presearch (talk) 19:34, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:36, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's a synth, in practice a concept without an extension irl that has survived as an article to this point. There is ofc opposition to nationalism and to the nation state and most of that will fall under international socialism but there are other currents, pan arabism, various religions, etc.. Additionally the article is justly tagged for being low quality. If it has any salvagable content merge to Bourgeois nationalism as criticism/opposition is suggested. 98.4.103.219 (talk) 04:01, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Lord Roem ~ (talk) 02:26, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think the IP's suggestion about potential mergers makes sense. If no one steps forward to defend the existence of this article in another week or two, then I anticipate that I'll do whatever merger looks sensible, and then put in a request for deletion. --Presearch (talk) 05:51, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Unremarkable WP:SYNTH article that attempts to cobble together references to other things and make them support this term. In addition, there already is an article for ...sentiments associated with an opposition to the core sentiments of nationalism and related ideologies: Internationalism (politics). Oddly enough, this article links to the other already. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:48, 19 November 2019 (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.