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. (aeropagitica) 22:58, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1st nom was broken and was speedy closed w/o effect on subsequent noms. My problem with this article is that it's not about the term. There are two sentences about the term, and the rest is a jumble of unstructured speculation. So why don't you so-fix-it, Crazy? Well, the term is inflammatory, implying some sort of causal connection between Jews and communism - so unless this is a bona fide, verified pejorative about which we have lots to say (e.g. Nigger), then I wouldn't propose, but in the absense of all these, my recommendation is Delete. - CrazyRussian talk/email 04:58, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• I am open to suggestion this should be slightly merged to History of Poland or someplace else. - CrazyRussian talk/email 04:59, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletions. - CrazyRussian talk/email 04:59, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Del per nom. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 05:12, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Whatever it was anti-Semitism, anti-Communism, anti-Sovietism, the article was not about the "term", the article is about a certain documented and verifiable perception (or conspiracy theory, whatever) in Poland, hence encyclopedic. Of course, as any article on a controversial topic it requires fact cleanup and NPOV-watch. And by the way, there are more than "two sentences" directly on topic. `'mikka (t) 05:26, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • >Żydokomuna (Polish neologism for "Jewish communism") was an antisemitic term used to describe the conspiracy theory that the Communism in Poland was supported by Jews to a much greater extent than by the Gentile Polish population. Any Communist group which was considered dominated by Jews counted as "Żydokomuna". The term is similar to the "Judeo-bolshevism" rhetoric of Nazi Germany.<
  • >The term has been coined at the time of Polish-Soviet War, when the Bolsheviks were supported in Poland by a disproportionately large number of Jews.<
  • Nothing more about the term. - CrazyRussian talk/email 05:31, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • You would like to notice that I slightly rephrase yours: you speak about the "term", I speak about the "topic". Term definition is for wiktionary. Wikipedia takes the issue broader. The topic in question is "Jewish overrepresentation" (which gave rise to some other "terms"). One is welcome to expand the article, e.g., with proofs that the term is a misnomer (if this is possible). `'mikka (t) 06:36, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
      • So should we rename it something inoffensive and excise the unreferenced reference to the term? How about Jewish domination of post-war Poland hehehe - CrazyRussian talk/email 06:47, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and improve it if needed. That the article is not perfectly written is not a reason to delete it. --Lysy^talk 06:37, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and research. The term, albeit not positive, is important. --Ouro 07:43, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and improved. Referenced, and appears to be about a real historical phenomenon. Perhaps it ought to also move to something with an English language title, though. - Smerdis of Tlön 18:56, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• stubifiy everything but the two sentences mentioned above. Jon513 06:38, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • You can be bold per WP:AFD - CrazyRussian talk/email 06:40, 30 August 2006 (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.