Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chernobyl stalking

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The result was merge to Zone of alienation. T. Canens (talk) 21:07, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Chernobyl stalking

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Contested prod. This article amounts to little more than advertising/encouragement for an activity in which the article's creator has a vested interest. Anything relevant here (like the criminal code that makes these activities illegal) can be included, or already is included, in the relevant articles on Chernobyl and the exclusion zone. RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 02:02, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would say redirect, but I don't know whether to Chernobyl or Zone of alienation. (By the way, the creator appears to be an SPA.)Erpert (let's talk about it) 02:12, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into Zone of Alienation. The sources given in the article establish this activity as an encyclopedic topic, but they do not refer to it as "Chernobyl stalking" so the name of the article is inappropriate. Reyk _YO! 03:12, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have no objection to merging the relevant information into that article. But, as you say, this term is not encyclopedic, and seems to have been made up by the SPA who created the article. His name indicates this is his singular obsession. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 03:51, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Zone of alienation. Two articles not needed. Steve Dufour (talk) 04:30, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This page could be massively expanded (but I do not have access to the right sources and am too weak in Russian), given that it was not the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. computer game but the movie Stalker (film) and the Novel Roadside Picnic that inspired these actions. If anything, it should be merged into one of these articles, not necessarily into Zone of alienation, because the idea predates the Chernobyl disaster. --Pgallert (talk) 11:27, 28 June 2010 (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.