Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shoe-Thrower's index

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The result was MERGE to 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests. postdlf (talk) 02:43, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Shoe-Thrower's index

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This is from a comment on the talk page: "The "Shoe Thrower's Index" is little more than the title of an article in The Economist, February 2011. In my opinion, there is little redeeming value in the article itself in that it cites little empirical evidence and straddles an incoherent line between levity and the serious." The title of the index immediately gives away the non-seriousness of the ranking (an in my personal opinion, stereotypical). And for now, it doesn't have any academic backing or popular or political adoption. Eklipse (talk) 22:11, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This appears to be just a reiteration of a single article from The Economist, not a notable topic in itself. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 23:20, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- There's also the Big Mac Index from The Economist which has its own page...--Novelty (talk) 13:53, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:52, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Middle East-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:52, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Merge to 2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests#Analysis. It's had some press coverage,[1] and is relevant to that section. Fences&Windows 18:50, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep - I can understand the notability issues. But this index is being very widely quoted in the media.Bless sins (talk) 01:50, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. & Metropolitan90.--JayJasper (talk) 20:54, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Fences and windows. Too early to give the subject independent notability - WP:NOT#NEWS and all that. Ray^Talk 15:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Synthesis. Mootros (talk) 17:51, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, entirely based on a single unreliable source. Abductive (reasoning) 01:14, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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