Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blogging in Burma

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The result was keep. (X! · talk) · @974 · 22:22, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Blogging in Burma

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This is almost irredeemable, WP:OR, WP:EL (which I deleted before nomination), tone, grammar, style, cohesion, spelling, etc. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:15, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep - The article is in a bad state and maintained by an account that almost exclusively edits this article. There was a BBC press release copy-pasted onto this article as well which I've just removed. If this were any other article I'd say delete, but Burma is basically a military dictatorship plagued by rampant censorship and although I can't really think of any WP policy on it, it just feels wrong to nuke whatever precious little free speech these people have. Searching for the exact phrase "Myanmar Blogger Society" with quotes you get over 60000 hits [1], so they also look notable enough at first glance. Smocking (talk) 14:58, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:03, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Leaning delete. I acknowledge the scarcity of sources, especially Burmese ones, but I'm also concerned about this article being a WP:PRIMARY historical research source or possibly activism. I'd like to see some secondary sources used, as opposed to just links to the blogs themselves (WP:NOTDIR). I'll revisit this if the article improves. Pcap ping 02:10, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Asia-related deletion discussions. -- Pcap ping 02:10, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am undecided whether to Keep or smerge to Internet in Burma. Blogging in Burma has received a lot of press coverage. I wonder if the nominator looked for sources. The best way to fix an article on a notable topic is to improve it using sources, not to delete it. Examples of coverage, much but not all of it from the 2007 crisis:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Fences&Windows 00:15, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per User:Fences and windows. Regards, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 21:19, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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