Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harissa

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 of the debate was keep. Kirill Lokshin 00:41, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Harissa[edit]

Already transwiki-ed, no posibility for expansion to encyclopedic entry. Also Harrisa, although that's technically the auspice of WP:RfD. Delete brenneman ^(t)^(c) 01:12, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, I think it could be a decent article like couscous... but, it surely shouldn't be a recipe. gren グレン 02:12, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- I'll change my opinion if that happens, of course. And before anyone protests, I know AfD isn't speedy cleanup, I just don't think there's an article here. Of course, I would have said the same thing about Ham and cheese sandwich and look how well that turned out...
  brenneman^(t)^(c) 02:29, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - I agree, and yet disagree. I am just typically of the viewpoint that an article that could deserve an article should be able to keep one, as long as it's not wrong. Your viewpoint is completely legitimate, and, I just hope mine is too :) gren グレン 17:49, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, this seems an interesting article, which would be worth developing (fabrication methods, economy, main producers and brands, possible uses, etc...). I think this is an important item in France and north African countries. Hektor 04:26, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep currently a good little stub with potential for expansion. Capitalistroadster 05:26, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep has potential, no need to delete. — Wackymacs 07:56, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I can't help but notice that no one is actually improving this article. - brenneman^(t)^(c) 09:46, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- And? Are you going to go round all the other stubs on Wikipedia and nominate them for deletion too? — Haeleth Talk
  - I have added it to Wikipedia:Requests for expansion, what is to say someone here wont be improving it soon? — Wackymacs 16:57, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    - No need to be testy. This nomination was made as part of the transiki process. I'm commenting on the fact that people are saying that this can be expanded, but it's not expanding. Normally, an article would actually be expanded during the AfD. It hasn't, not a single edit. That's all. - brenneman ^(t)^(c) 17:21, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Common ingredient deserves real article. African product counters systemic bias. — Haeleth Talk 16:43, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Capitalistroadster, Haeleth. Perodicticus 16:52, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Trollderella 19:39, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Valid encyclopedia subject. Cnwb 22:34, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep, encyclopedic description of culturally and culinarily significant foodstuff. MCB 22:15, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Here is the change in this article since the tag applied: [1]. - brenneman ^(t)^(c) 23:03, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

And that's a reason to delete it? Just because nobody has improved it yet doesn't mean it will never be improved. Besides, look at the Wikibooks cookbook entry for Harissa, it's empty and you're not complaining about that. If you really want to improve the article (you seem eager to), you can nominate it for COTW since it's a stub, or improve it yourself. — Wackymacs 07:38, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not screaming for this article's blood or anything. (Although I'm sure it would be deliciously spicy!) I nominated this procedurally, as I said before. I just think that it's really odd that no one has made the slightest improvement. Don't you think that's weird at all? - brenneman ^(t)^(c) 07:49, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
No, I don't think it's weird. I couldn't contribute anything to an article about calculus, but I know the topic's important enough to have an entry. I haven't edited the harissa article because I don't know enough about North African/Middle Eastern cooking; however, I do know that harissa is a very important condiment in those cuisines, probably equivalent to Worcestershire sauce or garam masala (both of which have entries). I would guess that only a tiny proportion of editors on Wikipedia have seen this AFD; just because none of us could improve the article doesn't mean that nobody can. Perodicticus 08:28, 10 November 2005 (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.