Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nazi symbolism in Taiwan

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. Consensus was found that the list had unresolvable issues with WP:SYNTH and WP:NOTNEWS. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 04:41, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nazi symbolism in Taiwan

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Delete per WP:NLIST and WP:NOTNEWS. I am contesting the notability of this list article's scope. The article's current title and former titles (Nazism in Taiwan and Use of Nazi symbols in Taiwan), imply that Nazi symbolism and Nazism have a significant or particular presence in Taiwan, but most list items are one-off, isolated examples of an individual's ignorance.

Nazi chic and ignorance about the Holocaust and Nazism are not unique to Taiwan; they are part of a wider problem in Asia and outside of the West in general. For this reason, none of the 44 sources cited in this article as of this deletion proposal describe Taiwan as uniquely having a significant / particular presence of (or problem with) Nazi symbols or (neo-)Nazis.

The list scope therefore seems to be unilaterally decided by the editor(s) who independently searched for every report of a Nazi symbol being used in Taiwan and stitched it into an article, without regard to the lasting notability of each item, or more importantly, the list's scope, which is the crux of WP:NLIST. There are two high-profile examples of Nazi symbols being used by groups of people rather than individual cases, but those topics are covered in their own articles: National Socialism Association and Hsinchu Kuang-Fu Senior High School#2016 Nazi-themed parade. Yue🌙 18:49, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics, Lists, and Taiwan. Yue🌙 18:49, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The nomination is significantly flawed in that the issue does not have to be "unique to Taiwan" to warrant article. WP:SYNTH might be a point of argumentation though. Geschichte (talk) 21:02, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Geschichte: To clarify, my argument is not that the article should be deleted because the topic is "not unique to Taiwan"; it is indeed in the spirit of WP:SYNTH that I made this nomination and the second paragraph is a supporting detail for my main contention that the list topic / scope is an original idea (point 6 of WP:DEL-REASON). The first sentence of this article encapsulates the article's scope:
"While there is no significant neo-Nazi movement other than one national socialism association officially founded in Taiwan, the use of Nazi symbolism and imagery in the country has been observed throughout the years, often causing controversy."

This sentence is an original observation that is not verified by the two citations given, which were taken from the National Socialism Association article and speak to just the controversy that specific group stirred up for a few weeks in 2007.
I acknowledge the last paragraph of WP:NLIST says, "There is no present consensus for how to assess the notability of more complex and cross-categorization lists ...", but I would argue that this list would not pass WP:OVERCAT if it was a category because the scope is not a notable topic. If reliable sources are not making this grouping of events (i.e. the conclusion made by this article's first sentence), why would Wikipedia? Yue🌙 02:41, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I'd like some discussion on both synthesis and how this ties into the wider spectrum of worldwide Antisemitic tropes. I'm not "being a pain" - I'm serious. Bearian (talk) 14:54, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The article is a collection of incidents that are not notable per WP:NOTNEWS. It is not surprising to see them given Taiwan has a population of 25 million. Overall, the subject is non-notable. Azuredivay (talk) 07:49, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Unrelated people doing unrelated things in the country, doesn't make a proper Wikipedia article. A politician calling someone Hitler, a restaurant with a Nazi death camp theme, etc, just unrelated nonsense. Dream Focus 03:33, 27 November 2025 (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.