Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matzav (2nd nomination)

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 delete. Barkeep49 (talk) 05:42, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The writer has kept it a mystery what the subject of this article is. A quick search to gain clarity only made clear that it was a non-notable term. The Banner talk 10:11, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 10:18, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Israel-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 10:18, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• writer comment: The NYTimes understood the topic well enough to publish the cited "A Cork Pops, People Duck And Israel Laughs" article. It may be that the topic of explosives costing people's lives needs (gallows humor) some Wiki-TNT, but both the term and the situation called the matzav are quite notable. Pi314m (talk) 22:31, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The named wiki article now has a citation to Fast Company's extensive overview on this topic (and also refers to a Haaretz article). Pi314m (talk) 05:19, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You pick up a single word in an article and give it an undue relevance. The article you refer to is about comedy, not about Matzav. And earlier you connected the single word "The Troubles" in the article from Chessler to The Troubles in Northern Ireland, without any reason. As this is a recreation of an earlier removed article, it should be significantly better than the last version. But this again ref-bombing while failing to show notability. The Banner talk 09:10, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete and salt. This classic coat rack article is ostensibly about an Israeli slang term or euphemism, yet it is somehow being classified under journalism. Note that the similar-but-encyclopedic term Nakba is redirected to 1948 Palestinian exodus; there is no comparable Israeli topic to redirect this to at present. Would be better suited to a Wiktionary or urban dictionary-type site, not an encyclopedia. The relevant background can already be found at Matzav.com. Havradim (talk) 03:51, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. An incomprehensible collection of anecdotes. Nothing to do with journalism as far as I can tell. Is it connected with Matzav.com? Rathfelder (talk) 22:17, 2 November 2019 (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.