Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Executions in Iran, 2011

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 KEEP. Renaming suggestions should be discussed on the talk page. postdlf (talk) 16:54, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Executions in Iran, 2011[edit]

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Simply some statistics from a particular year, should already be covered in Capital punishment in Iran, Human_rights_in_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran or maybe 2009–2010 Iranian election protests. Yaksar (let's chat) 20:23, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Clearly notable topic, supported by verifiable and reliable sources on this particular phenomenon. Still building article with notable incidents, international reactions. Passes muster regardless. Plot Spoiler (talk) 20:29, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and rename to something like "Post-2009–2010 Iranian election protests Executions in Iran", while limiting the article's scope to politically-related executions that have been carried out by the regime in the aftermath of the 2009–2010 Iranian election protests. Kurdo777 (talk) 23:52, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:14, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that's an improvement, but that info would probably best be put in the applicable section (which is kind of weak right now) at 2009–2010_Iranian_election_protests.--Yaksar (let's chat) 00:25, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No, that change does not make sense since the topic as covered in the media is executions in Iran in 2011. The topic suggested by Kurdo could be integrated into the current article about the Iranian election protests or be a separate one. Not all of these executions are related to the protests. Plot Spoiler (talk) 04:04, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect after merger to 2011 in Iran The information is best separated by year. Not all of the executions are going to be related to the election protests, and no execution of a notable individual needs to be an article separate from that person's page. If 2011 turns out to be a repeat of 1979 or 1981, maybe it can be brought back out. As a redirect, it (and similar "Executions in ____" titles) is logical. Mandsford 00:16, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unclear why the subject should just be merged. It's covered in its own right as a notable topic. Plot Spoiler (talk) 04:04, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Update The article has been renamed to 2011 executions in Iran. Plot Spoiler (talk) 04:05, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully, there won't be 2,011 executions in Iran this year... Mandsford 22:39, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Smacks of a pointy politicalized hit piece. Why Iran? Existing article Capital punishment in Iran more than adequately documents the essential subject matter. Carrite (talk) 18:57, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why Iran? Because the Iranian regime is regularly characterized as the leading global executioner after China and this year, as the article shows, Iran is on pace to execute more people than in recent memory. The Iranian opposition, the UN human rights head, foreign dignitaries and others have highlighted this worrisome trend in notable sources. Plot Spoiler (talk) 23:36, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, T. Canens (talk) 19:58, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Pace Carrite, the material in this article is not "adequately documented" in Capital punishment in Iran, and the cited sources establish that the topic of Iranian executions in 2011 is by itself notable. --Lambiam 01:01, 14 February 2011 (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.