Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Persecution of Muslims during Ottoman contraction
I saw this AfD soon after it was filed but did not have time to reply, and I am pleased to see that the discussion has evolved to encompass substantial literature in the meanwhile. For now I should just say that the sources submitted at this page indicate that whatever name we choose to use, this subject has been studied as a general phenomenon by reliable, non-denialist literature. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6rvlCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA275#v=onepage&q&f=false This seems to be another one, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0kBZBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA152#v=onepage&q&f=false this also talks about a "Great Unweaving" of massacres and expulsions (and not only migrations) in secessionist drives from 1821 to 1913. Akçam https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-etxMiFnkXAC&pg=PT147#v=onepage&q&f=false here gives a synopsis of the persecution and an excellent account of how this contributed to the revanchist genocidal mentality. Very importantly, it is also not merely preferable, but essential, to talk about how, as Resnjari put it, this "radicalisation ... due to the massacres, wars, forced expulsions/migrations the Muhadzhirs (the word means refugees which is from Arabic) had underwent in the Balkans (from the new countries that had emerged) was exploited by the Ottoman Empire for later events of Genocide". The nominator's comments regarding "oppression Olympics", "extremism" indicates that the AfD was not filed in the spirit of an in-depth examination of literature, but frankly, just because  as many others pointed out. Accusations that others are cuing denialist arguments and equating these events with the Armenian Genocide are simply not OK and disruptive because nobody is doing those things. Otherwise those !voting delete have raised very valid arguments, but I do agree that these have to do with the scope and the content of the article and should be addressed at the talk page. Renaming the article may also be required
— User:GGT, 23:37, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:IDONTLIKEIT (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)