Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
This is premature. We do not know how long ISIL will be able to keep control over this territory and if they will be able to establish some degree of ''de facto'' state order. Wikipedia is not a news platform. It should be up to date, but creating an article about a purported "state" that has only existed for a few days so far is an example of ecentism, which we should avoid. For now, it is completely sufficient if the article on the group mentions the declaration of independence and the current territorial control. The article about ISIL "state" lacks (and will continue to lack) information on essential features that define a state, like geography and demographics, because it has no defined borders (not even ''de facto'' borders), because it will expand or shrink or otherwise change its shape depending on the moving frontlines between ISIL group and its enemies in the ongoing war. Conclusion: this "state" lacks a defined territory, a definded people and we do not know yet if it has any kind of state order (unlike e.g. the aforementioned Somaliland, which has a defined territory, people and ''de facto'' state order
— User:RJFF, 20:19, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:R (Wikipedia:Redirect)