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The result was deleted per the chorus of unanimous disapproval below, and WP:SNOWBALL -- The Anome (talk) 10:32, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stereotypes of Indigenous Australians[edit]

I was tempted to speedy delete this as an attack page, but thought that perhaps some others could see some merit in a well sourced, neutral article. However, I can't see that an article on this topic can be anything less than disparaging. Mattinbgn\^talk 04:49, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 04:50, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete but allow recreation if someone wants to create the real deal as an article. Suffers from a biased point of view, lack of context and original research. The traditional negative stereotypes are already covered in the Indigenous Australians article. There is potential for a well-referenced neutral article (which would include the colonial-era "expert bush tracker" and patronising "noble savage" along with modern taboid claims), but proper referencing would be a major undertaking and could just as easily be built ona r edlink as on this offensive and one-sided stub. Euryalus (talk) 06:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I can understand nominators two minds on this one - and that said I fully concur with Euryalus' comments and thus the (possible) eventual recreation (or if they are quick - the saving of this article based on a neutral and referenced series of major adjustments).--VS ^talk 06:41, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Difficult to see this being transformed into a piece worthy of being considered outside of the parent article. Murtoa (talk) 06:47, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Note that this article—Media portrayals of Indigenous Australians—already exists and covers some of the same ground, although there is still plenty of POV in it as well. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 06:49, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No worthwhile content, may as well start from scratch. Nick Dowling (talk) 08:22, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Very, very short article. I don't know if it's disparaging but it is certainly provocative. Given that article has not been expanded or improved I would go for deletion. --Jessika Folkerts (talk) 11:48, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Short article, does not address any topic not already covered in the articles cited above, clearly offensive and without any encyclopedic purpose. -- The Anome (talk) 14:22, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I would be offended by this article if I were an aborigine! --Cameron (T|C) 16:51, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete While I agree that media portrayal of various races should be a topic we touch, this article's title crosses the line. Also, the media portrayal page that Mattinbgn mentioned is sufficient. This page will be awful. Time to delete. Arbiteroftruth (talk) 05:23, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, while I think that it would be possible to write a reasonable and NPOV article on this topic, there is nothing in this article at present that will assist in that goal. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 05:52, 21 June 2008 (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.