Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Italian soft power

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. ✗plicit 12:03, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Italian soft power

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This page is created to defame the the country mentioned in it and not only this page but the author Ghalbeyakh of this page created and edited multiple pages to defame the respected parties such as Qatari soft power, Qatari involvement in higher education in the United States, Soft power and more. These are the pages edited by the author which seems to have a propaganda against a nation/party. some of his edits are marked as vandalism already. This author particularly seems to harming the authenticity of the Wikipedia policies. I would like to have a chance to prove this. Isouf Qaleed (talk) 06:45, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

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• Note: I have repaired the malformed syntax in the header (and somehow, I don't think using substitution was intended in that manner, anyway). No opinion on the article. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 07:28, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Arts, Food and drink, Language, Architecture, History, and Italy. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 07:29, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
• Keep. At first glance this looks like someone's college term paper, but the citations already in the article demonstrate that "Italian soft power" and "Italy's soft power" is a headline term of discussion in multiple independent reliable sources. I don't agree with the nominator that this article defames Italy; on the contrary. Persingo (talk) 08:52, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
• Keep. As Persingo says, the article appears to be supported by valid sources, and I don't see anything defamatory here. If the author has vandalized other articles, that can be taken up there. P Aculeius (talk) 11:53, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
• Keep. Like I wrote in the deletion vote for Qatari soft power, I have recently been studying soft power around the world and decided to write this article as part of my research. I've gone ahead and written up this article, using third-party sources I thought were reliable. I know it is not ready yet, but I decided to upload it in its current form anyway so other editors who are knowledgeable in this topic could contribute. Ghalbeyakh (talk) 17:32, 3 February 2024 (UTC) Blocked sock. MarioGom (talk) 09:09, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
• Keep. The article should probably be downgraded to start-class, but the topic is certainly of encyclopaedic value, as I suspect articles on most countries' soft power would be. As a WP:ATD, I can't see an obvious target for a redirect or merge (Foreign relations of Italy might come closest). See also Soft power of China. IgnatiusofLondon (talk) 20:50, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
• Keep. This seems to be a legitimate topic in foreign affairs, and it seems to be decently cited. The citations in the article show that it is notable, and I'm frankly not seeing any WP:NPOV issues in the present text. And, even if there were, when editing can get rid of them, and the topic is notable, then we should edit rather than delete the whole thing. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 16:36, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

  To make it easier for the closing administrator, three sources that demonstrate SIGCOV may include "Italy's 'soft' Power" (a chapter in an academic history book about modern Italy), pages 390-393 of "Culture and identity, basic reference for European and Italian diplomacy" (an academic journal article), and "The Italian language: soft power or dolce potere?" (an academic journal article analyzing aspects of Italian soft power relating to the Italian language). — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 17:19, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

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.