Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whiteshift

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. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:34, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Whiteshift[edit]

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This term is pretty much unused outside discussion of the book with the same name. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 00:48, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Conspiracy theories-related deletion discussions. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 00:48, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 00:48, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, I included it in WikiProject Deletion sorting/Conspiracy theories not because I think it definitely is one, but I did it for the fact there is some decent amount of overlap between this theory and the white genocide conspiracy theory. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 00:52, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this article has all sorts of sourcing and POV issues. Among them is its total failure to take a broad historical view, a view that would consider the many ways in which people of mixed race in various parts of the Americans have come at times to be classed as white. I do not think there is ample evidence to show this is actually the term used for the phenomenon involved. I also would argue most of the literature on this subject tends to falsely assume race is biologically determined, so I have major reservations with using it period. I really think a proper consideration of this needs to be done within the context not just ethnic groups that stand as proxies for race, but with the chgnaging perceiption, meaning and cohesion of various immigrant ethnic groups as well.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:37, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The article is mostly original research or is about the book, which already has an article.Citing (talk) 22:31, 5 January 2021 (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.